Nano Banana 2 Text to Image

Nano Banana 2 is Google's new state-of-the-art fast image generation and editing model
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Nano Banana 2 is Google's new state-of-the-art fast image generation and editing model

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Input
The text prompt to generate an image from.
Additional Settings More

Customize your input with more control.

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, 4:1, 1:4, 8:1, 1:8.
The format of the generated image. Allowed values: jpeg, png.
The resolution of the image to generate. Allowed values: 0.5K, 1K, 2K, 4K.
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Result
Example
  1. 9769d388-299d-4eeb-8e54-bb66a32b1293.jpg

    What would you like to do next?

    Open original

Saved example result. No new generation was requested.

Displayed run estimate: $0.057. Final charges follow the model’s billing rules below.

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
#7 of 106
Elo
1140 ±10
Gap to #1
−82

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

  1. #2GPT Image 2.5 Flare (max)OpenAIOn SandBase1207±10
  2. #3GPT Image 2 (high)OpenAIOn SandBase1186±11
  3. #4Nano Banana 2.1Google1176±12
  4. #5Grok Imagine Image 2.0SpaceXAIOn SandBase1166±12
  5. #6MAI-Image-2.6Microsoft AI1166±12
  6. #7Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)GoogleThis model1140±10
  7. #8Muse ImageMeta1127±11
  8. #9GPT Image 1.5 (high)OpenAIOn SandBase1123±11
  9. #10MAI-Image-2.6-FlashMicrosoft AI1119±12
  10. #11Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)GoogleOn SandBase1118±10

Nano Banana 2 Text to Image

Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) is Google's fast image model with near-Pro quality, extreme aspect ratios up to 8:1, and optional web and image search grounding for current or factual subjects.

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 / 9:16 / 4:1 / 1:4 / 8:1 / 1:81:1Output frame shape.
output_formatjpeg / pngpngOutput file format.
resolution0.5K / 1K / 2K / 4K1KSets the per-image rate.
enable_web_searchbooleanfalseGround the image in Google Search results.
enable_image_searchbooleanfalseUse image search results as visual references.

Billing

$0.045 at 0.5K, $0.067 at 1K, $0.101 at 2K, and $0.151 at 4K per image, Google's list price. Turning on enable_web_search or enable_image_search adds $0.014 per request (charged once even if both are on).

Request0.5K1K2K4K
One image$0.045$0.067$0.101$0.151

Failed runs are not charged.

Prompting

  • Turn on enable_web_search for real places, products, or events.
  • Quote all text that must appear.

Limits

  • One image per request.

Also on SandBase

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