Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

google/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-image

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) is Google's fastest, most cost-efficient Gemini image model, built for high-velocity developer pipelines and rapid-fire visual exploration.

Modalities
In / out per 1M$0.25 / $1.50
Context64K
ReleasedJun 30, 2026

Providers

2 providers serve this model upstream.

Providers serving this model
ProviderInput /MOutput /MCache read /MLatency P50Throughput P50Uptime
Google Vertexglobal$0.25$1.50Variable1.92s212 tps99.97%
Google AI Studio$0.25$1.50Variable0.63s214 tps98.13%

Market-wide measurements, refreshed every 15 minutes. They describe who serves Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) in general, not how ProjectCOZY routes your requests.

Pricing

List rates per 1M tokens — what Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) costs pay-as-you-go elsewhere, not what you pay here.

Input
$0.25
per 1M tokens
Output
$1.50
per 1M tokens
Cache read
—
not published
Included in every pass
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) is included in every ProjectCOZY pass at no extra cost — one flat rate, no per-token metering. The rates above are there for comparison.

Performance

Time to first token and output speed across every provider, over the last 3 days.

0.0s1.0s2.0s3.0s4.0s
Oct 11, 8 AMOct 11, 4 PMOct 12, 7 AMOct 12, 3 PMOct 12, 11 PMOct 13, 7 AMOct 13, 3 PMOct 13, 11 PMOct 14, 7 AM
Google Vertex (global) Google AI Studio
0 tok/s100 tok/s200 tok/s300 tok/s400 tok/s
Oct 11, 8 AMOct 11, 4 PMOct 12, 7 AMOct 12, 3 PMOct 12, 11 PMOct 13, 7 AMOct 13, 3 PMOct 13, 11 PMOct 14, 7 AM
Google Vertex (global)

Uptime

100% of requests were served successfully over the last 3 days, across all providers.

Last 3 daysAvailability 98.62%
Oct 11, 2:00 PMNow
Availability over the last 24 hoursAvailability 98.99%
100% 97% 93% 90%
Oct 13, 2:40 PMNow

Apps

Tools that most often run Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image), by tokens this week.

Activity

9.2B tokens processed market-wide in the last month.

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Sep 14Sep 19Sep 24Sep 29Oct 4Oct 9Oct 14
Tokens

FAQ

Which model id do I use for Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)?
google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image. Send it as the model field from any OpenAI-compatible client, against http://192.168.1.55/v1.
How much context does Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) hold?
65,536 tokens per request, of which up to 58,982 can be the response.
What can it accept and return?
Input: image, text. Output: image, text.
What does Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) cost on a pass?
Nothing beyond the pass itself. Pay-as-you-go elsewhere it lists at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens.
How current is its knowledge?
Training data runs to Jan 2025. Anything later has to come from your prompt or a tool call.
Who built Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)?
Google, in the Nano family.

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