Google DeepMind
Nano Banana 2
Google’s fast, photoreal-leaning image model. Cheap per gen, great for iteration.
google/nano-banana-2Nano Banana 2 (the codename for Gemini’s Flash image model) is the fast counterpart to GPT Image 2. Typical generations land in 15–30 seconds at a lower per-gen cost, which makes it the right pick when you’re iterating on style or generating in volume. The trade-off is precision: it interprets prompts loosely and is less reliable for exact-text or pixel-perfect compositional work.
Strengths
- ✓Fast: 15–30 seconds per generation in typical conditions.
- ✓Strong photoreal style and character consistency.
- ✓Lower per-generation cost than GPT Image 2.
Weaknesses
- ✗Text rendering is inconsistent — don’t rely on it for signage.
- ✗Less literal: invents details you didn’t ask for.
- ✗Higher run-to-run variance than GPT Image 2.
Nano Banana 2 across our benchmarks
Only in the Reflection
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A Cat With a Horse's Body
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A Cat the Size of a Horse
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Cyan, Magenta, Yellow: Three Spotlights
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Three Spotlights, One Wall
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Three Lamps, Three Blocks
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Three Lamps, One Hand
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Railing Shadow on a Staircase
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Bioluminescent Deep-Sea Parade
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Two People, Long Shadows (Overhead)
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Two Arrows, One Glass of Water
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A Bowl of Wrong-Coloured Fruit
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Honey-Drip Typography
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Pencil in a Glass of Water
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Backyard Cryptid on a Trail Cam
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Two-Mirror Corner — Chrome Sphere Reflection Test
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Watercolor Botanical — Hummingbird and Trumpet Vine
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Bronze Age Comic Panel — Superhero Landing
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Empty Desert Highway at Sunset
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Pixel-Art RPG Shopkeeper, 32-Bit Era
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Bizarre Plush Toy Web Catalog
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Stack of Pancakes with Melting Butter
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Wes Anderson Hotel Lobby
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1960s Pulp Paperback Cover
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Hands Holding a Coffee Cup
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Tokyo Alley After Rain
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Vintage 1980s Cereal Box
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Windows 7 Desktop, Early 2010s
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Brutalist Cafe Sign at Golden Hour
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AI Movie Poster
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Vintage Bookshop Neon Sign
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Dramatic Mountain Silhouette
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