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Nano Banana 2 Lite

AI Image Editing Model

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All Text to Image Image Edit

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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 #10 Prompt Adherence (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

Prompt Adherence

Image Editing

Ranked #10 of 26 models · 55.6% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Same prompt, other models

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

Other categories

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

Preservation

Image Editing

Ranked #14 of 33 models · 64.3% 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

Before After

#9 Seedream 4.5 ranks higher

Before After

#25 FLUX.1 Kont... ranks lower

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#33 Bria FIBO 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

Photorealism

Image Editing

Ranked #14 of 29 models · 71.4% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Before After

Bald man challenge

Before After

Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#8 Seedream 4.5 ranks higher

Before After

#22 Wan 2.5 (Pr... ranks lower

Before After

#29 Bria FIBO ranks lower

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#8 Seedream 4.5 ranks higher

Before After

#22 Wan 2.5 (Pr... ranks lower

Before After

#29 Bria FIBO ranks lower

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

Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Image Editing

Ranked #15 of 30 models · 60.0% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Before After

Bald man challenge

Before After

Golden Hour Stroll

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#8 Wan 2.6 ranks higher

Before After

#23 Wan 2.5 (Pr... ranks lower

Before After

#30 Bria FIBO ranks lower

Before After

#1 Nano Banana... ranks higher

Before After

#8 Wan 2.6 ranks higher

Before After

#23 Wan 2.5 (Pr... ranks lower

Before After

#30 Bria FIBO ranks lower

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

Face & Identity

Image Editing

Ranked #12 of 18 models · 100.0% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Before After

Bald man challenge

Same prompt, other models

Before After

#1 Nano Banana 2 ranks higher

Before After

#5 GPT Image 1.5 ranks higher

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#14 Seedream 4.0 ranks lower

Before After

#18 FLUX.2 [dev] ranks lower

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

Adding & Editing Objects

Image Editing

Ranked #16 of 24 models · 60.0% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Same prompt, other models

Ranked using Man and Car in California Outfit Transfer Challenge

Artistic Restyling

Image Editing

Ranked #16 of 16 models · 75.0% 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 #16 of 16 models · 75.0% win rate Leaderboard

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Same prompt, other models

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