Nano Banana
Google's Gemini-family image models — the codename stuck after the original's viral 2025 launch. Optimised for low latency, interactive apps, and high-volume batch at production scale.
The picks.Nano Banana models by Google
Nano Banana 2 Lite
Lighter Nano Banana 2 image model for faster generation and editing workflows
Nano Banana 2
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image fast high quality AI image generation and editing
Common questions
Nano Banana 2 Lite, released June 2026 per the live catalog. New Nano Banana releases join this page automatically when they land on Runware.
Nano Banana 2 Lite, from $0.0338 per text-to-image. Prices are read live from the catalog and vary with resolution and configuration — expand any row above to see that model's current pricing.
Production notes
Every price on this page is the model's published rate from the live Runware catalog, using the cheapest listed configuration unless stated otherwise. Prices vary with resolution, duration, quality tier, or token volume, so check the pricing table on each model page before estimating unit economics.
The Runware catalog does not publish per-model latency figures, so this page does not quote end-to-end timings. Where a model's own description commits to speed (for example sub-second generation or realtime streaming), that claim is repeated here. For anything else, benchmark the exact models in the Playground with your own payload sizes before committing to an SLA.
Models are addressed by versioned AIR identifiers, so a workflow pinned to specific model versions keeps producing the same behaviour as new versions ship. Adopt upgrades deliberately by re-running your evaluation set against the new version before switching production traffic.
About this collection
Google's realtime image generation family. Optimised for low-latency interactive apps and high-volume batch inference at production scale. This page lists every Nano Banana model available through the Runware API, published by Google.
Membership is derived from the live Runware catalog: the 4 models on this page are the catalog's current Nano Banana releases, ordered by the catalog's own editorial weight and release date. Names, descriptions, pricing, capability chips, samples, and guides are all read live from the catalog — nothing here is hand-curated, and new Nano Banana releases join automatically when they land on Runware.
Everything on this page re-derives from the catalog on every visit. When Google ships a new Nano Banana model on Runware it appears here with no editorial lag; deprecated versions remain listed with their live status chip so version pins stay auditable.
Model guides.Learn how to use the stack
Keeping characters and products consistent
How to use Nano Banana 2 reference images to keep the same character or product identical across new scenes and styles.
Read the guide →Grounded generation with web and image search
How to generate images from real-time information with Nano Banana 2 using web and image search grounding via providerSettings.google.
Read the guide →Combining multiple images into one composition
How to merge several reference images, a product, a subject, a backdrop, or a style, into a single coherent image with Nano Banana 2.
Read the guide →Prompting
How to write prompts for Nano Banana 2: detailed scene descriptions, structured layering, legible text rendering, and thinking-level control.
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