Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (Batch)
Lower and Larger mark one number at a time; they don’t rank the models. How well a model does depends on your task; see Benchmarks for measured results.
| Detail | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite)google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (Batch)google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite-batch |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | ||
| Kind | Chat | Chat |
| Input per 1M tokens | $0.2625 | $0.1575 Lower |
| Cached input per 1M tokens | $0.0315 | $0.01575 |
| Cache write per 1M tokens | Same as input | Same as input |
| Output per 1M tokens | $1.575 | $1.3125 Lower |
| Context window | 65,536 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens Larger |
| Max output | 4,096 tokens | 65,000 tokens Larger |
| Capabilities | Reasoning, vision, web search, image generation | Reasoning, tool use, vision, file input |
| Takes | Text, image | Text, image, pdf, video |
| Returns | Text, image | Text |
| Zero data retention | Not on every provider | Not on every provider |
| No training on requests | Yes, on every provider | Yes, on every provider |
| Released | 2026-06-30 | 2026-07-21 |
Example costs
Example requests, priced at today’s rates with no cached input.
| Example request | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (Batch) |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 tokens in, 200 out | $0.000578 | $0.00042 |
| 10,000 tokens in, 1,000 out | $0.0042 | $0.002888 |
| 100,000 tokens in, 4,000 out | Too long for this model | $0.021 |