Google · image model · Released Jun 30, 2026Nano Banana 2 Lite
Fastest, most cost-efficient Gemini image model for high-volume 1K generation and editing.
- Arena score
- 1,313#26 of 61 · image editing
- Starting price
- $0.034per image · 1K
- Largest size
- 1K1K (about 1 MP)
- References
- 14input images for editing
How it rates and what it costs
- Text to image arena
- 1,249 ±6#15 of 82 · 17,813 votes
- Image editing arena
- 1,313 ±5#26 of 61 · 65,660 votes
Arena scores come from blind, side-by-side human votes on the same prompts (higher is better; ± is the 95% range). Boards updated Oct 26, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.
Listed prices
- 1K
- $0.034/image
Billed per token; Google’s listed cost per image.
Specs and prices checked Nov 2, 2026: Google Cloud Vertex AI pricing · OpenRouter, image generation models compared (Sep 11, 2026) . Labs change prices often.
The details
- Lab
- Type
- Image model
- Released
- Jun 30, 2026
- Inputs
- Text prompts, Reference images
- Output
- Images
- Can do
- Text to image, Image editing
- Resolutions
- 1K
- Largest image
- 1K (about 1 MP)
- Max reference images
- 14
- Images per request
- Up to 1
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Official price
- $0.25 / $30.00input / output per million tokens, on Google
- API model ID
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-imageon Google- Availability
- 8 API hosts
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About Nano Banana 2 Lite
How good is Nano Banana 2 Lite?
In blind side-by-side votes, Nano Banana 2 Lite scores 1,249 for text to image (#15 of 82) and 1,313 for image editing (#26 of 61). Higher is better; scores within about 12 points of each other are effectively tied.
Who makes Nano Banana 2 Lite?
Nano Banana 2 Lite is an image model from Google, released Jun 30, 2026.
What can Nano Banana 2 Lite do?
Nano Banana 2 Lite accepts text prompts and reference images and produces images. In practice: text to image and image editing.
Is Nano Banana 2 Lite open source?
No. Nano Banana 2 Lite is proprietary; you use it through Google’s API or partner apps.
Where can I use Nano Banana 2 Lite?
It is listed by 8 API hosts we track; the model ID on Google is gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image. The lab bills it per token: $0.25 input and $30.00 output per million tokens.
How much does Nano Banana 2 Lite cost?
Nano Banana 2 Lite costs from $0.034/image (1K). Prices checked Nov 2, 2026.
What are the alternatives to Nano Banana 2 Lite?
The closest image models from other labs, by release date, are Seedream 5.0 Pro (ByteDance Seed, Jul 11, 2026), Grok Imagine Image 2.0 (xAI, Aug 7, 2026), Recraft V4.1 (Recraft, May 14, 2026) and GPT Image 2.5 Flare (OpenAI, Sep 8, 2026).