Analysis Summary
Nano Banana 2, also listed as Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview, is a Google image-generation and transformation model rather than a general text assistant. It accepts text and image input and produces text and image output, making it relevant to creative production, visual variations, asset editing, and campaign experimentation. Its 65K context is suited to focused image tasks.
For an agency, the model could support social creative, display concepts, product visual variations, and image-led content workflows. It should not be selected for reasoning, coding, autonomous agents, or long-form copy because the supplied configuration is image-focused. There is also no model-specific benchmark data here, so visual consistency, prompt adherence, and editing quality require hands-on evaluation.
Use it for supervised creative prototyping and asset iteration. Confirm licensing, brand consistency, and output quality before incorporating it into repeatable client production.
Assessed August 9, 2026
Editorial notes
Nano Banana 2 is a multimodal image model for generating and transforming visual assets, with image input and output at accessible listed pricing. It has no benchmark record here, so visual quality and workflow reliability need direct testing.
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DFO Verdict
Nano Banana 2 is a multimodal image model for generating and transforming visual assets, with image input and output at accessible listed pricing. It has no benchmark record here, so visual quality and workflow reliability need direct testing.
How Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) compares
Its 66K-token context window is larger than 30% of the models we list. At $0.50 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 39% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on content. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.50 | $0.000500 |
| Output | $3.00 | $0.003000 |
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamAbout Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview, a.k.a. "Nano Banana 2," is Google’s latest state of the art image generation and editing model, delivering Pro-level visual quality at Flash speed. It combines..
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Frequently asked questions about Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)
How much does Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) cost?
Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)?
Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) has a context window of 65,536 tokens (66K).
What can Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) do?
Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) supports image/vision input.
Who created Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)?
Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) is developed by Google and was released on February 26, 2026.
Data sourced from the OpenRouter API, Artificial Analysis, the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard and our own internal testing. Scores are editorially curated by our team.
Last updated: August 22, 2026 8:38 pm