Nova 2 Lite vs Mercury 2.5: side-by-side summary

Nova 2 Lite and Mercury 2.5 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.

Mercury 2.5, from inception, has a 260,000-token context window and is priced at $0.20/M tokens input, $0.75/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Nova 2 Lite: 1,000,000 tokens
• Mercury 2.5: 260,000 tokens

Price

• Nova 2 Lite: $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output
• Mercury 2.5: $0.20/M tokens input, $0.75/M tokens output

Provided by

• Nova 2 Lite: Amazon
• Mercury 2.5: inception

• Nova 2 Lite model details, providers and pricing
• Mercury 2.5 model details, providers and pricing