Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

google · Released Jun 30, 2026
Intelligence #452 / 688
28.7 our score
Speed
Not reported
Input Price #331 / 688
$0.250 per 1M tokens
Output Price #394 / 688
$1.50 per 1M tokens
Context #480 / 688
65,536 tokens

Analysis Summary

Google's Nano Banana 2 Lite is a multimodal model that accepts text and images and produces text and images, with a 65K context window. Its low listed pricing makes it relevant to image-aware content workflows, lightweight creative production, visual transformations, and high-volume ideation where a compact context is sufficient.

The supplied record contains no reasoning, coding, agentic, or instruction-following benchmarks, and it lists no tool use or function calling. That limits confidence in structured automation and complex client approvals. It is worth testing for visual content tasks and rapid creative variants, but text quality, image consistency, and adherence to detailed brand instructions should be evaluated before production adoption.

Assessed August 9, 2026

Editorial notes

Nano Banana 2 Lite is a low-cost multimodal model for text and image generation with a 65K context window, but it has no benchmark data for validating complex production tasks.

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DFO Verdict

Nano Banana 2 Lite is a low-cost multimodal model for text and image generation with a 65K context window, but it has no benchmark data for validating complex production tasks.

#452 of 688 overall Down 127 this week

How Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) compares

Its 66K-token context window is larger than 30% of the models we list. At $0.25 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 52% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 34% of models #452
Price: cheaper than 52% of models #331
Context: larger than 30% of models #480
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) $0.25 in $1.50 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max $2.00 in $6.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 $10.00 in $50.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) 66K

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence0Technical0Value7Content5.5
Performance profile

Strongest on value. 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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Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.25 $0.000250
Output $1.50 $0.001500

What would Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) cost your business?

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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

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About Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) is Google's fastest, most cost-efficient Gemini image model, built for high-velocity developer pipelines and rapid-fire visual exploration. It delivers text-to-image generation..

Frequently asked questions about Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

How much does Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) cost?

Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)?

Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) has a context window of 65,536 tokens (66K).

What can Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) do?

Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) supports image/vision input.

Who created Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)?

Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) is developed by Google and was released on June 30, 2026.

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