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Nano Banana 2

AI Image Editing Model

Mode:

All Text to Image Image Edit

Image Featured #3 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 Face & Identity (Image Editing), #2 Photorealism (Image Editing), #2 Preservation (Image Editing), #2 Artistic Restyling (Image Editing), #2 Creativity (Image Editing), #3 Lighting, Shadows & Materials (Image Editing), #4 Prompt Adherence (Image Editing), #5 Aesthetics (Image Editing), #6 Backgrounds & Scenes (Image Editing), and #8 Adding & Editing Objects (Image Editing) , placing in the top 25% of all competing models.

Nano Banana 2 Strengths

Nano Banana 2 outperforms most competing models here

Face & Identity

Image Editing

Ranked #1 of 32 models · 80.6% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Before After

Bald man challenge

Same prompt, other models

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#9 FLUX.2 [max] ranks lower

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#25 Wan 2.7 Pro ranks lower

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#32 Bria FIBO ranks lower

Ranked using Bald man challenge Over-the-top cartoon carica...

Photorealism

Image Editing

Ranked #2 of 36 models · 61.3% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Before After

Bald man challenge

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Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

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#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

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#10 Qwen Image ... ranks lower

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#28 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower

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#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#10 Qwen Image ... ranks lower

Before After

#28 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower

Before After

#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower

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

Preservation

Image Editing

Ranked #2 of 37 models · 64.1% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Before After

Bald man challenge

Before After

Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#10 Seedream 5.... ranks lower

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#28 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower

Before After

#37 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Ranked using Bald man challenge Golden Hour Stroll Man and Car in California Outfit Transfer Challenge Over-the-top cartoon carica... Pose & Character Mashup +1 more

Artistic Restyling

Image Editing

Ranked #2 of 28 models · 68.0% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Over-the-top cartoon carica... Studio Ghibli Anime Style

Creativity

Image Editing

Ranked #2 of 28 models · 68.0% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Over-the-top cartoon carica... Studio Ghibli Anime Style

Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Image Editing

Ranked #3 of 36 models · 58.8% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Before After

Bald man challenge

Before After

Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#10 Grok Imagin... ranks lower

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#28 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks lower

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#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#10 Grok Imagin... ranks lower

Before After

#28 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks lower

Before After

#36 HiDream E1 ranks lower

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

Prompt Adherence

Image Editing

Ranked #4 of 29 models · 67.7% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Outfit Transfer Challenge Over-the-top cartoon carica... Pose & Character Mashup

Aesthetics

Image Editing

Ranked #5 of 33 models · 53.2% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Before After

Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#9 FLUX.2 [max] ranks lower

Before After

#25 FLUX.2 [dev... ranks lower

Before After

#33 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Ranked using Golden Hour Stroll Man and Car in California Studio Ghibli Anime Style

Backgrounds & Scenes

Image Editing

Ranked #6 of 26 models · 49.4% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Man and Car in California

Adding & Editing Objects

Image Editing

Ranked #8 of 29 models · 47.1% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Man and Car in California Outfit Transfer Challenge

Other categories

Nano Banana 2 competes but doesn't rank as highly

People & Poses

Image Editing

Ranked #17 of 27 models · 80.0% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2

Before After

Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#7 FLUX.2 [kle... ranks higher

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#21 FLUX.2 [dev... ranks lower

Before After

#27 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Ranked using Golden Hour Stroll Pose & Character Mashup