Nova 2 Lite vs Gemini 3 Flash Preview: side-by-side summary

Nova 2 Lite and Gemini 3 Flash Preview are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Nova 2 Lite, from Amazon, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview, from Google, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.50/M tokens input, $3/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Nova 2 Lite: 1,000,000 tokens
• Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 1,048,576 tokens

Price

• Nova 2 Lite: $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output
• Gemini 3 Flash Preview: $0.50/M tokens input, $3/M tokens output

Provided by

• Nova 2 Lite: Amazon
• Gemini 3 Flash Preview: Google

• Nova 2 Lite model details, providers and pricing
• Gemini 3 Flash Preview model details, providers and pricing