Author's Description
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, a.k.a. "Nano Banana 2," is Google’s latest state of the art image generation and editing model, delivering Pro-level visual quality at Flash speed. It combines advanced...
Key Specifications
Supported Parameters
This model supports the following parameters:
Features
This model supports the following features:
Performance Summary
Google's Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) demonstrates competitive response times, ranking in the 48th percentile for speed across benchmarks. Its pricing is moderate, placing it in the 28th percentile. A standout feature is its exceptional reliability, boasting a 98% success rate, indicating minimal technical failures. The model exhibits perfect accuracy in Hallucinations (Baseline), making it the most accurate and fastest model at its price point for this category. It performs strongly in Instruction Following (83rd percentile accuracy) and Coding (83rd percentile accuracy), with the latter also being highly cost-effective (8th percentile cost). Reasoning also shows strong performance at 78th percentile accuracy. While General Knowledge and Ethics benchmarks show lower percentile rankings for accuracy (38th and 21st respectively), its overall performance across diverse categories is solid. Mathematics and Email Classification also show respectable accuracy. The model's key strengths lie in its hallucination prevention, instruction following, and coding capabilities, coupled with its high reliability. Its primary area for potential improvement appears to be in the breadth and depth of its general knowledge and ethical reasoning, where it ranks lower compared to other models.
Model Pricing
Current Pricing
| Feature | Price (per 1M tokens) |
|---|---|
| Prompt | $0.5 |
| Completion | $3 |
| Web Search | $14000 |
Price History
Available Endpoints
| Provider | Endpoint Name | Context Length | Pricing (Input) | Pricing (Output) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Google AI Studio
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Google AI Studio | google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-20260528 | 65K | $0.5 / 1M tokens | $3 / 1M tokens |
|
Google
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Google | google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-20260528 | 131K | $0.5 / 1M tokens | $3 / 1M tokens |
Benchmark Results
| Benchmark | Category | Reasoning | Strategy | Free | Executions | Accuracy | Cost | Duration |
|---|
Other Models by google
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Released | Params | Context |
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Speed | Ability | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | Jun 17, 2026 | — | 65K |
Image input
Text input
Image output
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash | May 19, 2026 | — | 1M |
Audio input
Image input
File input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | May 07, 2026 | — | 1M |
Audio input
Image input
File input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B Unavailable | Apr 03, 2026 | 26B | 262K |
Image input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★ | ★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B | Apr 03, 2026 | 26B | 262K |
Image input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★ | ★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemma 4 31B Unavailable | Apr 02, 2026 | 31B | 262K |
Image input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemma 4 31B | Apr 02, 2026 | 31B | 262K |
Image input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★★ | $$ |
| Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview | Mar 30, 2026 | — | 1M |
Image input
Text input
Audio output
Text output
|
— | — | $ |
| Google: Lyria 3 Clip Preview | Mar 30, 2026 | — | 1M |
Image input
Text input
Audio output
Text output
|
— | — | $ |
| Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Mar 02, 2026 | — | 1M |
Audio input
Image input
File input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) Unavailable | Feb 26, 2026 | — | 65K |
Image input
Text input
Image output
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | Feb 26, 2026 | — | 65K |
Image input
Text input
Image output
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools | Feb 25, 2026 | — | 1M |
Audio input
Image input
File input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Feb 19, 2026 | — | 1M |
Audio input
File input
Image input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Dec 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
Audio input
Image input
File input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | Nov 20, 2025 | — | 65K |
Image input
Text input
Image output
Text output
|
— | ★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview Unavailable | Nov 18, 2025 | — | 1M |
Audio input
Image input
File input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | Oct 07, 2025 | — | 32K |
Image input
Text input
Image output
Text output
|
— | — | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09-2025 Unavailable | Sep 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
Audio input
Image input
File input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
Audio input
Image input
File input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview (Nano Banana) Unavailable | Aug 26, 2025 | — | 32K |
Image input
Text input
Image output
Text output
|
— | — | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Jul 22, 2025 | — | 1M |
Audio input
Image input
File input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06-17 Unavailable | Jun 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
Audio input
File input
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash | Jun 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
Audio input
File input
Image input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro | Jun 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
Audio input
Image input
File input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Jun 05, 2025 | — | 1M |
Audio input
File input
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemma 1 2B Unavailable | May 28, 2025 | 2B | 8K |
Text input
Text output
|
— | — | $$ |
| Google: Gemma 3n 4B | May 20, 2025 | 4B | 32K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★ | $ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 Unavailable | May 20, 2025 | — | 1M |
Image input
File input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 | May 06, 2025 | — | 1M |
Audio input
Image input
File input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 04-17 Unavailable | Apr 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
Image input
File input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental Unavailable | Mar 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
Image input
File input
Text input
Text output
|
— | — | $ |
| Google: Gemma 3 4B | Mar 13, 2025 | 4B | 131K |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★ | $ |
| Google: Gemma 3 12B | Mar 13, 2025 | 12B | 131K |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemma 3 27B | Mar 11, 2025 | 27B | 131K |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite Unavailable | Feb 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
Audio input
Image input
File input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Unavailable | Feb 05, 2025 | — | 1M |
Audio input
Image input
File input
Video input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Unavailable | Oct 02, 2024 | ~500B | 1M |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★ | $ |
| Google: Gemma 2 27B | Jul 12, 2024 | 27B | 8K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemma 2 9B Unavailable | Jun 27, 2024 | 9B | 8K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 1.5 Flash Unavailable | May 13, 2024 | ~500B | 1M |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 1.5 Pro Unavailable | Apr 08, 2024 | ~1T | 2M |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$$ |