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Nano Banana 2 Lite

Image modelCard summarized

Ultra-low latency and cost-effective image generation and editing, designed for high-volume interactive use cases.

Source: Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image Model Card (7 pp)

Use it via API

$0.0336 / image
Code exampleCompare

Where to call it

  • Gemini APIgemini-3.1-flash-lite-image

Supports

  • Reasoning control
  • Batch API
  • Image input
  • PDF input
Full feature support

Good for

  • Creation and editing with precision and multiple, quick iterations
  • Clear text for posters and intricate diagrams
  • Long-context real-world knowledge

Watch out for

Overview

Google · 01Nano Banana, front

NB 2 Lite

Ultra-low latency and cost-effective image generation and editing, designed for high-volume interactive use cases.

Typical price
$0.0336 / image
1K (e.g. 1024×1024)
Max resolution
1K (1024×1024)
Aspect ratios
10 options
Modes
text-to-image, image editing
Released
30 Jun 2026

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) is based on Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and generates images and text from text, image, audio and video input. In Google's human-rated Elo evals it lands near Nano Banana 2 on text-to-image but trails Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana Pro and 'GPT 2 Response API Low' on every editing task; it beats Nano Banana (2.5 Flash Image) on most tasks. p.2, p.4–5

gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image
Typical price
$0.0336 / image
Max resolution
1K (1024×1024)
Aspect ratios
1:1, 3:2, 2:3, 3:4, 4:3, 4:5, 5:4, 9:16, 16:9, 21:9
Languages
Best in EN, ar-EG, de-DE, es-MX, fr-FR, hi-IN, id-ID, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR, pt-BR, ru-RU, ua-UA, vi-VN, zh-CN
Weights
Closed
Released
30 Jun 2026
  • text-to-image
  • image editing
  • fast multi-turn local edits
  • reference images (up to 14 objects)
  • video-to-image
  • interleaved text and images