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Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) google
Release timeline
Stages observed by the nightly radar: announced → API only → weights public → served by third parties. Each entry carries the source it was seen at.
- 2026-06-30 · API only source seeded from the earliest dated observation when first seen · observed 2026-10-07 20:20 UTC
Description
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) is Google's fastest, most cost-efficient Gemini image model, built for high-velocity developer pipelines and rapid-fire visual exploration. It delivers text-to-image generation...
via OpenRouter listing · observed 2026-10-24 21:26 UTC. The listing text is the provider's own description, not an assessment.
Where to run 2 providers · 2 endpoints
Hosted endpoints observed for Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image), sorted by input price (USD per million tokens). Each row names its observer and date; prices change daily, so check the source before quoting. Cheapest observed input price: $0.25/M.
| Provider | Model ref | Context | Quant | $/M in | $/M out | tok/s | TTFT | Tools | Status | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google openrouter | google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | 64K | unknown | $0.25 | $1.50 | — | — | — | live | 2026-10-24 |
| Google AI Studio openrouter | google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | 64K | unknown | $0.25 | $1.50 | — | — | — | live | 2026-10-24 |
No third-party providers observed beyond the lab's own endpoints.
Facts
| Context length | 65,536 tokens (64K) · OpenRouter listing |
|---|---|
| Modalities | image + text → image + text |
| Max completion tokens | 58,982 |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-01-01 |
| Supported parameters | include_reasoning, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, seed, temperature, top_p |
| Openness | Closed weights · closed lab |
| Stage | API only |
| Confidence | medium |
| Pricing (USD per M tokens) |
in $0.25 · out $1.50 OpenRouter list price (cheapest live endpoint) · source · observed 2026-10-24 21:26 UTC |
Open alternatives 5
Nearest open-weights models by modality, context and price on this watch list. Not a quality ranking.
| Model | Org | Params | Context | $/M in | License | Why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct | Qwen | 8.77B | 256K | $0.25 | apache-2.0 | vision input |
| gemma-4-E4B-it | 8.00B | 128K | — | apache-2.0 | vision input | |
| Qwen2.5-VL-7B-Instruct | Qwen | 8.29B | 125K | — | apache-2.0 | vision input |
| Qwen3.5-397B-A17B | Qwen | 403B | 256K | $0.39 | apache-2.0 | vision input |
| Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen | 27.8B | 256K | $0.20 | apache-2.0 | cheaper input price ($0.2/M vs $0.25/M), vision input |
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Sources
- openrouter google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image · observed 2026-10-24 21:26 UTC
Radar run: 2026-10-25 06:51 UTC · Last verified 2026-10-25 06:51 UTC