Question 1

What is Nova 2 Lite?

Accepted Answer

Nova 2 Lite is a model from Bedrock, released on Dec 2, 2025. Nova 2 Lite is a fast, cost-effective reasoning model for everyday workloads that can process text, images, and videos to generate text. Nova 2 Lite demonstrates standout capabilities in processing documents, extracting information from videos, generating code, providing accurate grounded answers, and automating multi-step agentic workflows.

Question 2

How much does Nova 2 Lite cost?

Accepted Answer

On the Respan gateway, input starts at $0.30 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter, and output starts at $2.50 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter, after gateway discounts.

Question 3

Which providers serve Nova 2 Lite on Respan?

Accepted Answer

Nova 2 Lite is served by OpenRouter.

Question 4

What is Nova 2 Lite's context window?

Accepted Answer

Nova 2 Lite accepts up to 1M tokens of context.

Question 5

How do I use Nova 2 Lite with the Respan gateway?

Accepted Answer

Point any OpenAI-compatible SDK at https://api.respan.ai/api/ with your Respan API key and set the model to "nova-2-lite-v1". To set it up with a coding agent, copy the agent setup prompt at the top of this page.

Question 6

How fast is Nova 2 Lite?

Accepted Answer

Over the last 30 days of requests through the Respan gateway, the fastest provider was OpenRouter at 23 tokens per second, and the lowest response latency was 0.6 seconds on OpenRouter. Speed varies with request size and provider.

Question 7

How does Nova 2 Lite score on benchmarks?

Accepted Answer

Nova 2 Lite has 12 published benchmark scores, including LongCodeBench 1M 84%, tau2-bench Retail Verified 76.5%, and GPQA Diamond 79.6%. Each score links to where it was published; the data is collected by llmmetric.com.

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