Nano Banana 2 Lite

Fastest, most cost-efficient Gemini image model for high-volume 1K generation and editing

Context: 65.5K tokens
Max output: 4,096 tokens
Released: 2026-06-30
Weights: Closed

google/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-image · also seen as nano-banana-2-lite, vertex/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image, vertex_ai/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image, google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image-20260630

Specifications

Full facts as recorded, incl. what is unknown.

Released: 2026-06-30
Weights: Closed
Input: Text, Image
Output: Text, Image
Context window: 65,536 max across endpoints
Max output: 4,096
Providers: 2 + 6 gateways, not counted as providers
Epoch Capabilities Index: not evaluated
Direct price range: $0.25 in · $30 out per 1M tokens · across all 2 providers

More details

Last updated: 2026-06-30
Knowledge cutoff: 2025-01

Capabilities

Across all endpoints: supported if any endpoint supports it.

Tool calling
Parallel toolsunknown
Structured output
Reasoning
Image input
PDF input
Audio input
Audio outputunknown
Video input
Prompt caching
Web search
Computer useunknown
System messages
Assistant prefillunknown
Temperature
Streamingunknown
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Endpoints

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Price history

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No change since 19 Oct 2026. The cheapest direct price has been $0.25 in / $30 out per 1M tokens at Google on every data refresh since then.

Tracked from 19 Oct 2026. Headline-eligible direct prices only, so a price the sanity check flags never draws a spike. Series as JSON

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Heads up: prices are indicative list rates scraped from provider pricing pages; verify with the provider before relying on them. Report incorrect data for this model