{"schema":"postcutoff/model@1","as_of":"2026-11-13T13:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-image/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-image/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"gemini-3-1-flash-lite-image","name":"Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image)","org":"Google DeepMind","family":"Gemini Image","released":"2026-06-30","status":"current","type":"image-gen","modality_in":["text","image","video"],"modality_out":["image","text"],"open_weights":false,"model_license":"proprietary","context_window":null,"max_output":null,"knowledge_cutoff":null,"pricing":{"input":0.25,"output":1.5,"per_image_1k":0.0336,"unit":"per 1M tokens text/image/video input and text output; image output $30 per 1M tokens (~$0.0336 per 1K image)","source":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing"},"price_line":"$0.25 in, $1.50 out per 1M tokens","access":[{"provider":"Gemini API","model_id":"gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image","endpoint":"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image:generateContent","docs":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image"},{"provider":"OpenRouter","model_id":"google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image"}],"capabilities":[{"name":"Lowest-cost Gemini image model","detail":"About half the per-image price of Nano Banana 2 (~$0.034 per 1K image).","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing"},{"name":"Video-as-input image generation","detail":"Accepts text, image and video inputs for image generation/editing.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing"}],"entry":null,"notes":"GA in Gemini API 2026-06-30 per changelog. Token limits not verified on docs (OpenRouter lists 65,536 context).","verified":"2026-09-29","body_md":"High-volume, low-cost image generation/editing.\n\n```bash\ncurl \"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image:generateContent\" \\\n  -H \"x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"contents\":[{\"parts\":[{\"text\":\"Product shot of a red sneaker on white\"}]}]}'\n```\n\nSources: [models](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models), [pricing](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing), [changelog](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog).","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-image/","standing":{"kind":"image generation","newer_count":16,"newer":[{"id":"gpt-image-2-6-flare","name":"GPT Image 2.6 Flare","org":"OpenAI","released":"2026-11-04","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gpt-image-2-6-flare/"},{"id":"gpt-image-2-6-sunburst","name":"GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst","org":"OpenAI","released":"2026-11-04","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gpt-image-2-6-sunburst/"},{"id":"moss-image","name":"MOSS-Image","org":"MOSI / OpenMOSS","released":"2026-10-16","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/moss-image/"},{"id":"flux-3-image-klein","name":"FLUX 3 Image Klein","org":"Black Forest Labs","released":"2026-10-15","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/flux-3-image-klein/"},{"id":"krea-3","name":"Krea 3 (Fast / High / Ultra modes)","org":"Krea","released":"2026-10-15","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/krea-3/"}],"before":{"id":"gemini-3-1-flash-image","name":"Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)","org":"Google DeepMind","released":"2026-02-26","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-3-1-flash-image/"},"after":{"id":"gemini-nano-banana-2-1","name":"Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1)","org":"Google DeepMind","released":"2026-10-06","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-nano-banana-2-1/"},"weights":"closed","licence":"proprietary","licence_permissive":false,"summary":"Closed weights; access is hosted only."}}