Google

Nano Banana 2

AI Image Editing Model

Mode:

All Text to Image Image Edit

Image Featured #1 Text-to-Image #2 Image-to-Image

Gemini 3.1 Flash with image generation capabilities. High-efficiency image generation model with support for text rendering, reference images, search grounding, and thinking mode. The efficient counterpart to Gemini 3 Pro Image.

What Nano Banana 2 is good at

Rankings based on human votes in the Lumenfall Arena, where real users pick their favorite without knowing which model made which image. Excels at #1 Portrait (Text-to-Image), #1 Product, Branding & Commercial (Text-to-Image), #2 Text Rendering (Text-to-Image), #2 Portrait (Image Editing), #3 Photorealism (Image Editing), #3 Anime (Image Editing), and #12 Photorealism (Text-to-Image) , placing in the top 30% of all competing models.

Nano Banana 2 Strengths

Nano Banana 2 outperforms most competing models here

Portrait

Text-to-Image

Ranked #1 of 23 models · 77.8% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Fantasy Warrior

Product, Branding & Commercial

Text-to-Image

Ranked #1 of 29 models · 95.7% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Magic Burger Explosion: Fie... Vintage Cafe Logo

Text Rendering

Text-to-Image

Ranked #2 of 37 models · 84.6% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Apollo 11: Journey to Tranq... Chalkboard Menu Magic Burger Explosion: Fie... Modern Clean Menu The Halloween Invitation Vintage Cafe Logo

Portrait

Image Editing

Ranked #2 of 15 models · 87.2% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Nano Banana 2 — Portrait (edited)

Before After

Bald man challenge

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana ranks higher

Before After

#4 Nano Banana... ranks lower

Before After

#12 Wan 2.6 ranks lower

Before After

#15 Z-Image Turbo ranks lower

Ranked using Bald man challenge

Photorealism

Image Editing

Ranked #3 of 19 models · 61.7% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Before After

Bald man challenge

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#15 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Ranked using Bald man challenge Golden Hour Stroll Man and Car in California Outfit Transfer Challenge

Anime

Image Editing

Ranked #3 of 14 models · 61.9% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Studio Ghibli Anime Style

Photorealism

Text-to-Image

Ranked #12 of 38 models · 62.5% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Candid Street Photography Chalkboard Menu Magic Burger Explosion: Fie... The Capybara Taxi Driver The Reversed Rodeo