Amazon Nova Pro vs Nano Banana 2 Lite
Pricing, benchmarks, and use case comparison
Quick take
- •Amazon Nova Pro is meaningfully stronger at multimodal (85 vs 1 on our capability index).
- •Nano Banana 2 Lite is open-weights (free to self-host); Amazon Nova Pro is paid API only.
Specs comparison
| Amazon Nova Pro | Nano Banana 2 Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon Web Services | |
| Type | Closed source | Closed source |
| Context window | ✓300K tokens | Not announced |
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.80 | ✓Not announced |
| Output / 1M tokens | $3.20 | 33.6 |
| Release date | 2024-12 | 2026-06 |
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Nano Banana 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | ~85% | - |
| Arena.ai Text-to-Image Leaderboard | - | Ranked #5 |
| Text-to-Image Elo Score | - | 1251 |
| Single-Image Editing Elo Score | - | 1308 |
| Multiple-Image Editing Elo Score | - | 1294 |
Scores sourced from official provider release posts and independent benchmark aggregators.
Which should you choose?
Choose Amazon Nova Pro if...
- →You are building on AWS and want native Bedrock integration
- →You need multimodal understanding of images or video plus text
- →You want a cost-balanced general model with a large context
- →You need enterprise controls: data residency, service tiers, prompt caching
Choose Nano Banana 2 Lite if...
- →When cost-per-sample is the primary constraint
- →For workflows requiring 100+ images per session
- →When generation latency must be under 5 seconds
- →For rapid prototyping and exploration