Nano Banana Pro Text to Image

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Nano Banana Pro is Google's new state-of-the-art image generation and editing model

Base price
$0.11$0.13USD / run
Execution
async
Model type
image
Input fields
4
Production route

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Playground

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Input
The text prompt to generate an image from.
The aspect ratio of the generated image. Allowed values: 21:9, 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4, 1:1, 4:5, 3:4, 2:3, 9:16.
The format of the generated image. Allowed values: jpeg, png.
The resolution of the image to generate. Allowed values: 1K, 2K, 4K.
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Examples

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Specifications

Pricing

Base price
$0.11 / run

Context & modalities

Input
Schema-defined
Output
image

Capabilities

Chat
Not supported
Vision
Not supported
Reasoning
Not supported
Structured output
Not supported
Function calling
Not supported
Audio input
Not supported

Access

Provider
Google
Model ID
google/nano-banana-pro
Execution
async
Base URL
https://api.sandbase.ai
API
Unified Run API
Endpoint
/v1/run

Human preference

Arena

Elo ratings from blind side-by-side votes, compared with other image and video models.

Rankings sourced from Artificial Analysis Arena

Leaderboard
Text to Image
Rank
#11 of 106
Elo
1118 ±10
Gap to #1
−104

Text-to-image arena: people pick the better of two images generated from the same prompt, without seeing the model names.

  1. #6MAI-Image-2.6Microsoft AI1166±12
  2. #7Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)GoogleOn SandBase1140±10
  3. #8Muse ImageMeta1127±11
  4. #9GPT Image 1.5 (high)OpenAIOn SandBase1123±11
  5. #10MAI-Image-2.6-FlashMicrosoft AI1119±12
  6. #11Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)GoogleThis model1118±10
  7. #12MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI1118±11
  8. #13FLUX 3 ImageBlack Forest Labs1117±12
  9. #14MAI-Image-2.5-ProMicrosoft AI1114±10
  10. #15Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)GoogleOn SandBase1107±10

API README

Nano Banana Pro Text to Image

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) is Google's highest-quality image model: strong reasoning over the prompt, accurate multilingual text in the image, and 1K to 4K output.

Fields

FieldTypeDefaultNotes
promptstring, required—Up to 50,000 characters.
aspect_ratio21:9 / 16:9 / 3:2 / 4:3 / 5:4 / 1:1 / 4:5 / 3:4 / 2:3 / 9:161:1Output frame shape.
output_formatjpeg / pngpngOutput file format.
resolution1K / 2K / 4K1KSets the per-image rate.

Billing

$0.134 per image at 1K or 2K and $0.24 at 4K, Google's list price.

Request1K2K4K
One image$0.134$0.134$0.24

Failed runs are not charged.

Prompting

  • Describe the image like a brief to a designer: subject, layout, style, and text.
  • Quote all text that must appear.
  • Use 2K or 4K for posters and print.

Limits

  • One image per request.

Also on SandBase

Other Nano Banana endpoints: google/nano-banana-pro/edit, google/nano-banana-2, google/nano-banana-2/edit, google/nano-banana-2-lite, google/nano-banana-2-lite/edit.

Start building

Send your first request

OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.

Production API
Unified Run API endpoint
https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run
Model ID
google/nano-banana-pro
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
  -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
  "model": "google/nano-banana-pro",
  "prompt": "a cat sitting on a windowsill, golden hour lighting, photorealistic",
  "resolution": "1K",
  "aspect_ratio": "1:1",
  "output_format": "png"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .id)
for attempt in $(seq 1 120); do
  status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
  case "$status" in completed|failed|timeout) break ;; esac
  sleep 2
  result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
    "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$run_id")
done
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
[ "$status" = completed ] || { echo "Generation ended: $status" >&2; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$result"

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Questions

FAQ

How do I call Google Nano Banana Pro Text to Image through SandBase?

Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "google/nano-banana-pro" to Unified Run API (/v1/run) at https://api.sandbase.ai. The request examples on this page show the exact payload.

Do I need a separate Google account?

No. One SandBase API key and balance gives you access to Google Nano Banana Pro Text to Image and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with Google separately.