# Nano Banana 2 Lite: AI model fact sheet

- **Provider:** google
- **Released:** 2026-06-30
- **Parameters:** Not disclosed
- **API pricing:** $0.25 / 1M input, $1.50 / 1M output
- **Capabilities:** image-generation

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 visual exploration. It delivers text-to-image generation in roughly 4 seconds, about 2.7x faster than Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, while keeping the character consistency, precise editing, and real-world knowledge of the Nano Banana family. A single drop-in API handles text-to-image, image editing, and multi-image composition, with outputs at 1K resolution across 14 aspect ratios carrying an invisible SynthID watermark.

Source: real side-by-side outputs, pricing and specs at https://rival.tips/models/nano-banana-2-lite