Nano Banana is an advanced AI image generation and editing model released by Google. It excels in natural language-driven creation, can output ultra-realistic images with physical consistency, and supports seamless style conversion.
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) is the ultra-fast, low-cost tier of Google's Nano Banana 2 image generation family. It generates and edits images at 1K resolution with the lowest latency in the family, making it ideal for high-concurrency real-time scenarios such as stickers, recoloring and background changes.
Nano Banana 2 is Google's latest image generation model offers advanced world knowledge, production-ready specs, subject consistency and more, all at Flash speed.
Built upon the robust architecture of Gemini 3 Pro, Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) stands as Google’s flagship solution for image generation and editing. This iteration represents a massive leap forward from the original Nano Banana, featuring superior multimodal reasoning, real-world grounding, and high-fidelity synthesis. Capable of integrating real-time data via Search grounding, it excels at creating everything from complex data visualizations to cinematic imagery. It sets a new industry standard for text rendering—handling long, multilingual passages with ease—while ensuring consistent identity preservation for up to five subjects. With support for 2K/4K resolution, flexible aspect ratios, and precision tools for lighting, focus, and localized edits, Nano Banana Pro is engineered to meet the rigorous demands of professional design, product visualization, and storyboarding.
Google DeepMind's complete image generation lineup — from studio-quality Pro to the fastest Lite in the family
Prompt
Create an infographic explaining how coffee is brewed, with labeled steps in a warm illustration style...
Pick the Nano Banana that fits your speed, quality and budget — all available through the same unified image API.
Google's flagship image model (Gemini 3 Pro Image) for studio-quality creative work and professional text rendering.
Print design, infographics, storyboards and text-heavy visuals.
View Nano Banana ProPro-level quality at Flash speed (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) — the everyday workhorse with exclusive banner ratios.
Marketing assets, greeting cards, banners and fast iteration.
View Nano Banana 2The family's fastest, most cost-efficient model (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) — 1K generation in about 4 seconds, built for real-time products.
Stickers, recoloring, background swaps and high-concurrency apps.
View Nano Banana 2 LiteSame API, same async task flow — different speed, quality and price points.
Nano Banana Pro Studio Flagship | Nano Banana 2 Pro-Level, Flash Speed | Nano Banana 2 Lite Ultra-Fast & Low-Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positioning | Studio flagship | Pro-level, Flash speed | Ultra-fast, low-cost |
| Upstream Model | Gemini 3 Pro Image | Gemini 3.1 Flash Image | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image |
| Resolution | 1K · 2K · 4K | 512px · 1K · 2K · 4K | 1K |
| Aspect Ratios | 10 standard | 10 standard + 4 banner (1:4, 4:1, 1:8, 8:1) | 10 standard |
| Reference Images | 8 | 14 | 14 |
| Subject Consistency | Up to 5 people | 5 characters · 14 objects | Strong character consistency |
| Text Rendering | Best-in-class, multilingual | Legible text + localization | Legible in-image text |
| Speed | Highest quality, slower | Fast (Flash tier) | Fastest (~4s per image) |
| Price / Image | $0.06 · $0.09 · $0.12 (1K/2K/4K) | $0.04 (512px/1K) · $0.06 (2K) · $0.08 (4K) | $0.02 (1K) |
| Best For | Professional design & print | Everyday production workhorse | Real-time, high-concurrency |
| Google Search Grounding |
All three models support text-to-image and image editing, are billed per generated image, and share the same async task API.
Official examples from Google's Nano Banana launches — copy a prompt and try it yourself.
When quality and text accuracy are non-negotiable.
Create an infographic about this plant focusing on interesting information.
Create a storyboard for this scene.
Translate all the English text on the three yellow and blue cans into Korean, while keeping everything else the same.
The daily driver for marketing and content teams.
A candid photograph captures a vibrant row of freshly wheat-pasted posters adhered to a heavily textured, dark green urban wall in Downtown Los Angeles. The posters are for an "Indie Film Fest," with "DOWNTOWN LA" printed in smaller letters directly below. The bold design alternates across three distinct color palettes: one with an electric purple background and orange and white text, the next a blazing orange background with lime green and white text, and the third a lime green background with purple and white text, creating a pulsating visual rhythm down the line.
Create an image of these 14 characters and items having fun at the farm. The overall atmosphere is fun, silly and joyful. It is strictly important to keep identity consistent of all the 14 characters and items.
Create a funny 6 part story with these 3 fluffy friends building a tree house. The story is thrilling throughout with emotional highs and lows and is ending in a happy moment. Keep the attire and identity consistent of all 3 characters, but their expressions and angles should vary throughout all 6 images.
Built for instant, high-volume interactions.
Watch Google's official side-by-side: Nano Banana 2 Lite and Nano Banana 2 generate the same prompt — Lite lands first, at production quality.
Google's official benchmark of the Nano Banana family: Elo quality against latency and cost per 1K image, where Lite owns the fast-and-cheap corner.
Images and video are from Google's official Nano Banana announcements (blog.google, deepmind.google).
One unified API for the whole Nano Banana family — switch between Pro, 2 and Lite by changing a single model parameter.
import requests import time # Family model ids: nano-banana-pro, nano-banana-2, nano-banana-2-lite # 1. Submit Task headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer $API_KEY"} resp = requests.post( "https://api.apipod.ai/v1/images/generations", headers=headers, json={ "model": "nano-banana-2", "prompt": "A futuristic banana..." } ) task_id = resp.json()["data"]["task_id"] # 2. Poll Status while True: res = requests.get( f"https://api.apipod.ai/v1/images/status/{task_id}", headers=headers ).json() data = res["data"] if data["status"] == "completed": print(data["result"][0]) break time.sleep(1)
Everything you need to know about the Nano Banana model family.
Nano Banana is Google DeepMind's Gemini image generation and editing family. On APIPod it comes in three models: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) for studio-quality work, Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) for Pro-level quality at Flash speed, and Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) — the family's fastest, most cost-efficient model for 1K generation.
Choose Pro when text accuracy and maximum quality matter (print, infographics, storyboards). Choose Nano Banana 2 for everyday production — it's fast, supports banner ratios 1:4/4:1/1:8/8:1 and up to 14 reference images. Choose Lite for real-time, high-concurrency features like stickers, recoloring and background swaps where 1K is enough.
All three models are billed per generated image. Nano Banana Pro costs $0.06/$0.09/$0.12 for 1K/2K/4K, Nano Banana 2 costs $0.04 for 512px/1K ($0.06 for 2K, $0.08 for 4K), and Nano Banana 2 Lite is a flat $0.02 at 1K. Check the pricing page for current rates.
Nano Banana Pro accepts up to 8 reference images and keeps up to 5 people consistent. Nano Banana 2 and 2 Lite accept up to 14 reference images — Nano Banana 2 can maintain up to 5 characters and 14 objects across a workflow. Pro and Nano Banana 2 also support Google Search grounding via the google_search parameter.
Yes. Images generated through the API come with commercial usage rights. All outputs include an invisible SynthID watermark for AI content identification, which does not affect visual quality.
Pick the model that fits your speed, quality and budget — all through one unified API.
