Nano Banana 2 Lite is Google's fastest, most cost-efficient image generation model in the Nano Banana 2 family, released 2026-06. It produces images in roughly 4 seconds, about 2.7× faster than Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, while retaining the family's character consistency and precise editing. The same API handles text-to-image, image editing, and multi-image composition, with outputs at 1K resolution across 14 aspect ratios and an invisible SynthID watermark.
Modalities
inImageinTextoutImage
Price / 1M
$0.24 / $28.50
Context
66K
Knowledge cutoff
2025-01-01
Capabilities
ReasoningVisionStructured output
Channels
Same weights on every channel. Requests route to the cheapest healthy one; the channel used is printed on each billing line.
Provider
Discount
Input /M
Output /M
Cache Read /M
Cache Create 5m /M
Cache Create 1h /M
Defaultstable
+1542%
$0.24
$28.50
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Quick Start
import os from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI( base_url="https://api.mirapi.ai/v1", # changed api_key=os.environ["MIRAPI_API_KEY"], # changed ) resp = client.chat.completions.create( model="google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}], )
import OpenAI from "openai"; const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://api.mirapi.ai/v1", // changed apiKey: process.env.MIRAPI_API_KEY, // changed }); const res = await client.chat.completions.create({ model: "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image", messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }], });
curl https://api.mirapi.ai/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MIRAPI_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}] }'
Links
Wire Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) into your product
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