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Amazon Nova Lite vs OLMo 2 13B

A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.

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Amazon Nova Lite specs · OLMo 2 13B specs
Verdict by category
  • PriceAmazon Nova Lite

    Amazon Nova Lite publishes pricing ($0.24 / 1M output tokens) while OLMo 2 13B does not.

  • Context windowAmazon Nova Lite

    Amazon Nova Lite accepts 300K tokens vs 4.1K, 73.2× the room for long documents and codebases.

  • BenchmarksTie

    No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.

  • ModalitiesAmazon Nova Lite

    Amazon Nova Lite supports 2 modalities (text, vision) vs 1 for OLMo 2 13B.

  • OpennessOLMo 2 13B

    OLMo 2 13B ships open weights (Apache-2.0); Amazon Nova Lite is API-only.

On balance Amazon Nova Lite edges ahead, winning 3 of 5 categories against OLMo 2 13B's 1. Amazon Nova Lite publishes pricing ($0.24 / 1M output tokens) while OLMo 2 13B does not. Amazon Nova Lite accepts 300K tokens vs 4.1K, 73.2× the room for long documents and codebases.

No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. They differ in modality coverage, Amazon Nova Lite handles text, vision while OLMo 2 13B handles text, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. OLMo 2 13B ships open weights (Apache-2.0); Amazon Nova Lite is API-only.

Both shipped within roughly a month of each other in 2024, so they share the same generation of training data and tooling. Amazon Nova Lite is usually picked for customer support and cheapest llm workloads, while OLMo 2 13B sees more deployments in open source llm and fine tuning. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.

Side-by-side specs

SpecAmazon Nova LiteOLMo 2 13B
ProviderOtherOther
ReleasedDec 2024Nov 2024
Modalitiestext, visiontext
Context window300K tokens4.1K tokens
Max output,,
Input · 1M$0.060 / 1M tokensPricing not published
Output · 1M$0.24 / 1M tokensPricing not published
Knowledge cutoff,,
Open weightsNoYes (Apache-2.0)
API availableYesNo

Pricing at scale

What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day$0.540 vs ,
  • Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day$5.40 vs ,
  • RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day$10.44 vs ,

Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates).

Price calculator

Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Amazon Nova Lite$0.018
  • OLMo 2 13BPricing unavailable

Benchmarks compared

Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.

Benchmark scores not yet available. We only publish numbers we can source from official model cards or independent leaderboards, see methodology.
Pick Amazon Nova Lite if

Amazon Nova Lite fits when…

  • Very cheap
  • AWS-native
  • Multimodal
  • Long-context tasks, handles 300K tokens vs 4.1K for OLMo 2 13B.
  • Multimodal needs covering vision.
Pick OLMo 2 13B if

OLMo 2 13B fits when…

  • Fully reproducible
  • Apache-2.0
  • Research-friendly
  • Self-hosting and on-prem requirements, open weights (Apache-2.0).
Don't want either?

Consider DBRX

Databricks' 132B MoE, a notable 2024 open-weight release tuned for enterprise.

See DBRX specsAmazon Nova Lite vs DBRXOLMo 2 13B vs DBRX

Frequently asked

  • Is Amazon Nova Lite or OLMo 2 13B cheaper?
    Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.
  • Which has the larger context window?
    Amazon Nova Lite accepts 300K tokens vs 4.1K for OLMo 2 13B.
  • Is Amazon Nova Lite or OLMo 2 13B better for coding?
    Both Amazon Nova Lite and OLMo 2 13B are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.
  • Are either of these models open source?
    OLMo 2 13B ships open weights (Apache-2.0). Amazon Nova Lite is API-only.
  • When were Amazon Nova Lite and OLMo 2 13B released?
    Amazon Nova Lite was released by Other on 2024-12-03. OLMo 2 13B was released by Other on 2024-11-26.
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