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Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite)

Compare Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) (Gemini) and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite) (Gemini) by price, context, capabilities, and latency.

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Gemini Flash prices rise Jan 1, 2027

Per Google's published pricing page, Gemini Flash input prices double on Jan 1, 2027. The same workload runs an order of magnitude cheaper on DeepSeek and GLM. Source: Google pricing Full price breakdown

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Which should you pick?

  • Price: roughly equal total cost ($0.151 / image per image).

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Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite) — full comparison

Compare price, provider, context, capabilities, latency, and source basis.

ModelProviderInputOutputContextCapabilitiesBest forLatencyStatusSource
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2)gemini/gemini-3.1-flash-imageGemini$0.151 / image——
StreamingVision
image understanding, multimodal chat0-0msCatalogPlatform curated
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite)gemini/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-imageGemini$0.0336 / image——
StreamingVision
image understanding, multimodal chat0-0msCatalogPlatform curated

FAQ

Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite) FAQ

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) or Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite) cheaper?

Their total cost is roughly equal: $0.151 / image per image.

Which has a larger context window, Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) or Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite)?

Both offer the same context window: — tokens.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite) for Vision: which should I pick?

Both target Vision. Pick Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) to optimize cost, or Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) for the longer context window. Test both on real prompts before committing production traffic.

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