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Nano Banana 2 Lite

AI Image Editing Model

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All Text to Image Image Edit

Image Featured #5 Image-to-Image

The lightweight, low-cost variant of Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image). Ultra-low-latency image generation and editing at a fixed 1K resolution, designed for high-volume interactive use cases.

What Nano Banana 2 Lite 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 People & Poses (Image Editing), #6 Preservation (Image Editing), #6 Lighting, Shadows & Materials (Image Editing), #6 Prompt Adherence (Image Editing), #8 Photorealism (Image Editing), and #11 Adding & Editing Objects (Image Editing) , placing in the top 36% of all competing models.

Nano Banana 2 Lite Strengths

Nano Banana 2 Lite outperforms most competing models here

People & Poses

Image Editing

Ranked #1 of 27 models · 50.0% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

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Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

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

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

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#27 HiDream E1 ranks lower

Ranked using Golden Hour Stroll Pose & Character Mashup

Preservation

Image Editing

Ranked #6 of 37 models · 60.7% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

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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 Seedream 5.... ranks lower

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#28 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower

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#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

Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Image Editing

Ranked #6 of 36 models · 60.0% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Before After

Bald man challenge

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Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

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#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 #6 of 29 models · 58.8% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Same prompt, other models

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

Photorealism

Image Editing

Ranked #8 of 36 models · 66.7% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Before After

Bald man challenge

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Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

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#10 Qwen Image ... ranks lower

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#28 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower

Before After

#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

Adding & Editing Objects

Image Editing

Ranked #11 of 29 models · 58.3% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Man and Car in California Outfit Transfer Challenge

Other categories

Nano Banana 2 Lite competes but doesn't rank as highly

Face & Identity

Image Editing

Ranked #16 of 32 models · 77.8% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Before After

Bald man challenge

Same prompt, other models

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#1 Nano Banana 2 ranks higher

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#9 FLUX.2 [max] ranks higher

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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...

Aesthetics

Image Editing

Ranked #18 of 33 models · 55.6% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Before After

Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#9 FLUX.2 [max] ranks higher

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

Artistic Restyling

Image Editing

Ranked #19 of 28 models · 62.5% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Same prompt, other models

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

Creativity

Image Editing

Ranked #19 of 28 models · 62.5% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Same prompt, other models

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

Backgrounds & Scenes

Image Editing

Ranked #18 of 26 models · 57.1% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Man and Car in California