Author's Description
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview, 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 contextual understanding with fast, cost-efficient inference, making complex image generation and iterative edits significantly more accessible. Aspect ratios can be controlled with the [image_config API Parameter](https://openrouter.ai/docs/features/multimodal/image-generation#image-aspect-ratio-configuration)
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 Preview) demonstrates competitive response times, ranking in the 43rd percentile for speed across various benchmarks. Its pricing is moderate, positioned in the 37th percentile, offering a balanced cost-efficiency. Notably, the model exhibits exceptional reliability with a 99% success rate, indicating minimal technical failures and consistent performance. In terms of benchmark performance, Nano Banana 2 excels in Coding and Reasoning, achieving 98.0% and 100.0% accuracy respectively, with Reasoning being perfectly accurate and highlighted as the most accurate at its price point and speed. It also shows strong performance in Hallucinations (98.0% accuracy) and Email Classification (98.0% accuracy), indicating robust understanding and classification capabilities. While Instruction Following is solid at 77.0% accuracy, and General Knowledge and Ethics are strong at 98.5% and 99.0% respectively, Mathematics presents a relative weakness at 88.8% accuracy compared to its other high-performing categories. Overall, Nano Banana 2 is a highly reliable model with significant strengths in complex reasoning and coding, making it a powerful tool for image generation and editing.
Model Pricing
Current Pricing
| Feature | Price (per 1M tokens) |
|---|---|
| Prompt | $0.25 |
| Completion | $1.5 |
Price History
Available Endpoints
| Provider | Endpoint Name | Context Length | Pricing (Input) | Pricing (Output) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Google AI Studio
|
Google AI Studio | google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview-20260226 | 65K | $0.25 / 1M tokens | $1.5 / 1M tokens |
Benchmark Results
| Benchmark | Category | Reasoning | Strategy | Free | Executions | Accuracy | Cost | Duration |
|---|
Other Models by google
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Released | Params | Context |
|
Speed | Ability | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | Feb 26, 2026 | — | 65K |
Image input
Text input
Image output
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools | Feb 25, 2026 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Feb 19, 2026 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Dec 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$ |
| Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | Nov 20, 2025 | — | 65K |
Image input
Text input
Image output
Text output
|
— | ★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview | Nov 18, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | Oct 07, 2025 | — | 32K |
Image input
Text input
Image output
Text output
|
— | — | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09-2025 Unavailable | Sep 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview (Nano Banana) Unavailable | Aug 26, 2025 | — | 32K |
Image input
Text input
Image output
Text output
|
— | — | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Jul 22, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06-17 Unavailable | Jun 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash | Jun 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro | Jun 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Jun 05, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemma 1 2B Unavailable | May 28, 2025 | 2B | 8K |
Text input
Text output
|
— | — | $$ |
| 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 |
File input
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 | May 06, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 04-17 Unavailable | Apr 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental Unavailable | Mar 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image 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
|
★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite | Feb 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash | Feb 05, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video 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 | 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
|
★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$$ |