Nano Banana 2 on VisionX.
The Google workhorse: 4K output, fourteen references, and type that stays legible.
What Nano Banana 2 is on the roster
Nano Banana 2 is Google’s Gemini 3.1 Flash Image model, the generalist workhorse of the family. On VisionX it is the route to reach for when turnaround matters more than maximum fidelity, and it now reaches the same 4K ceiling as Pro.
Its lettering stays legible, which makes it the right pick for infographics, charts, cards and anything with copy in the frame. Nano Banana 2 Lite runs the same family at the lowest cost on the Google side for volume work. Nano Banana 2 is also the successor Google names for the original Nano Banana, which it retired on 2 October 2026.
The deepest Google reference stack
Up to 14 reference images per call, which is what holds a cast and a product line together across a set.
Text that stays legible
Posters, cards, menus and mockups come back with clean lettering rather than dream-alphabet shapes.
A Lite grade for volume
Nano Banana 2 Lite renders the same family at 1K for the lowest cost on the Google side — the route for a thousand thumbnails, not a hero frame.
What Nano Banana 2 actually does
What Nano Banana 2 does, and where its Lite grade fits.
Type that survives the render
Posters, cards, menus and mockups come back with clean, legible lettering at sensible sizes, which is what makes Nano Banana 2 usable for anything with copy baked into the frame.
Text renderingThe deepest Google reference stack
Up to fourteen reference images in a single call — Google documents that budget as roughly ten objects plus four characters — which is what holds a cast and a product line consistent across a shoot.
Multi-reference4K when the frame needs it
The same 4K ceiling as Nano Banana Pro, at the generalist price. Masters for print and out-of-home no longer have to route to Pro just for the pixels.
Up to 4KEdits that leave the rest alone
Swap, relight or restyle one element through a follow-up prompt and the rest of the scene stays where it was, instead of the whole frame being re-imagined around the change.
Conversational editsA Lite grade for volume
Nano Banana 2 Lite runs the same family at the lowest cost on the Google side: 1K output and up to fourteen object references. It is the route for a thousand thumbnails, not a hero frame.
Nano Banana 2 LiteEvery variant, exactly as the studio runs it
These rows are read live from the engine registry and the pricing engine. What you see here is what the composer quotes.
Self-serve rates run as low as $0.085 per VX at scale. The composer quotes the exact VX for your shot, references included, before you run it.
How to write for Nano Banana 2
How to brief Nano Banana 2 so the reference stack and the lettering actually pull their weight.
Give it the facts
The model draws from your prompt and references, not from a live search. For a chart, a label or a data point, put the exact figures and wording in the prompt rather than asking it to recall them.
Order the references
Cast identity references go first, then products, then style plates. The composer already sorts identity references to the front; keep the rest in the order you want them weighted.
One edit per pass
On a follow-up, name the single change and name what must not move. Two passes each asking for one edit beat one pass asking for four.
Use Lite for the draft, 2 for the keeper
Explore composition on Nano Banana 2 Lite at 1K, then re-run the winner on Nano Banana 2 at 2K or 4K. Same family, same prompt, so the look carries.
What teams route to Nano Banana 2
What Nano Banana 2 gets picked for.
Infographics and data visuals
Charts, weather panels and diagrams whose labels and figures come back legible. Put the numbers in the prompt; the model draws them, it does not look them up.
Product mockups and ad creative
Studio-lit product shots from a description, with the pack geometry held by reference images.
Cards, posters and typography
Anything where legible on-image copy is the deliverable rather than a caption added afterwards.
Multi-character sequences
A fourteen-deep reference stack keeps the same faces and wardrobe across a set of panels.
Volume runs on Lite
Catalogue variants, thumbnails and placeholder art where the count matters more than the crop. Route them to Nano Banana 2 Lite and keep the budget for the frames people will actually look at.
Restoration and touch-ups
Targeted edits that lift a casual photograph towards a studio-grade frame without restaging it.
Nano Banana 2 against the alternatives
Where Nano Banana 2 wins, where Lite is enough, and where you should route to Pro.
| Capability | Nano Banana 2 | Nano Banana 2 Lite | Nano Banana Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference images per call | Up to 14 | Up to 14 (objects only) | Up to 11 |
| Max resolution here | 4K | 1K | 4K |
| Speed | Fast | Fastest | Slower |
| Best at | Fast iteration, legible type | Volume at the lowest cost | Photographic realism |
Reference counts and resolution ceilings are read from the VisionX engine registry, which mirrors Google’s own model table: this lists what the composer will actually deliver. Speed describes the vendor’s documented behaviour as of September 2026.
Same Cast, same wallet, different look
Route a board line to Nano Banana 2, then run the identical shot on another family and compare takes. Identity lives in your Cast, not in any one model, so switching engines never strands the campaign.