Nano Banana 2 vs Nano Banana 2 Lite: API price and specs
Nano Banana 2 Lite is 20% cheaper than Nano Banana 2 on input price.
Nano Banana 2 Lite is 20% cheaper than Nano Banana 2 on output price.
Nano Banana 2 Lite is 20% cheaper than Nano Banana 2 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Nano Banana 2 has a 100% larger context than Nano Banana 2 Lite.
| Field | Nano Banana 2 | Nano Banana 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.25 +25% | $0.20 |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.50 +100% | $0.25 |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $1.50 +25% | $1.20 |
| Median output, per 1M | $60.00 +100% | $30.00 |
| Lowest unit price | $0.067 / image +97.1% | $0.034 / image |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.55 +25% | $0.44 |
| Context | 131K | 66K +50% |
| Max output | 66K | 59K +10% |
| Providers | 17 | 15 +11.8% |
| Regions | EU, GLOBAL | EU, GLOBAL |
| Accepts | audio, image, pdf, text, video | audio, image, pdf, text, video |
| Returns | image, text | image, text |
| Type | Images | Images |
| Free option | no | no |
| Cheapest provider | aiml | cometapi |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
aihubmix, aiml, cometapi, deepinfra, edenai, google, google-vertex, impossibl, jiekou, kilo, openrouter, poe, vercel, zenmux
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Nano Banana 2 or Nano Banana 2 Lite?
Nano Banana 2 Lite is 20% cheaper than Nano Banana 2 on input price. Nano Banana 2 Lite is 20% cheaper than Nano Banana 2 on output price. Nano Banana 2 Lite is 20% cheaper than Nano Banana 2 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Nano Banana 2 or Nano Banana 2 Lite?
Nano Banana 2: 131K tokens; Nano Banana 2 Lite: 66K tokens.
Where can I use both Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana 2 Lite?
aihubmix, aiml, cometapi, deepinfra, edenai, google, google-vertex, impossibl, jiekou, kilo, openrouter, poe, vercel, zenmux