Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image)
GA in Gemini API 2026-06-30 per changelog. Token limits not verified on docs (OpenRouter lists 65,536 context).
- Input
- text, image, video
- Output
- image, text
- License
- proprietary
- Pricing
- input: $0.25 · output: $1.5 · per image 1k: $0.0336 (per 1M tokens text/image/video input and text output; image output $30 per 1M tokens (~$0.0336 per 1K image)) source
- Verified
- 2026-09-29
How to call it
| Provider | Model id | Endpoint / URL | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini API | gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image:generateContent | docs |
| OpenRouter | google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | — | — |
Notable capabilities (2)
- Lowest-cost Gemini image model: About half the per-image price of Nano Banana 2 (~$0.034 per 1K image). source
- Video-as-input image generation: Accepts text, image and video inputs for image generation/editing. source
High-volume, low-cost image generation/editing.
curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image:generateContent" \
-H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"contents":[{"parts":[{"text":"Product shot of a red sneaker on white"}]}]}'
Other Google DeepMind models
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS · Gemini 3.8 Live · Gemini 3.8 Flash · Gemini 3.5 Transcribe (and Transcribe Live) · Lyria 3.5 · Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite · Gemini Omni Flash (Omni 1.1 Flash) · Gemini Embedding 2 · Gemma 4 · Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) · Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) · Gemini Robotics 2 · Gemini Robotics ER 2 · Gemini Robotics On-Device 2 · Gemini 3.5 Live Translate · Gemini 3.1 Pro · Veo 3.1 · Genie 3 · Lyria RealTime · Gemini 3.7 Flash · Gemini 3.6 Flash · Gemini 3.5 Flash · Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS (preview) · Gemini 3.1 Flash Live (preview) · Lyria 3 (Clip / Pro) · Lyria 2 · Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio (Live, preview) · Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite · Gemini 2.5 Flash · Gemini 2.5 Pro · Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS / Pro TTS · Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite · Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) · Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5 / 1.6 · Imagen 4