Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
63.9 overall · $0.850 / 1M
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
google/gemini-2.5-flash-image
image inputprompt caching
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) costs $0.300 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens with a 33K-token context window.
A model from google, released Oct 7, 2025. LiveBench hasn't published a run for it, so this page carries measured price and specs only — no benchmark numbers.
- Input / 1M
- $0.300
- Output / 1M
- $2.50
- Context
- 33K
- LiveBench overall
- Not evaluated
Specs and pricing
| Input price USD per 1M prompt tokens | $0.300 |
|---|---|
| Output price USD per 1M completion tokens, reasoning included | $2.50 |
| Blended price 3:1 input:output — #153 most expensive of 343 listed models | $0.850 |
| Cached input read Blank means not priced separately — not free | $0.030 |
| Cache write | $0.083 |
| Context window | 32,768 tokens |
| Max output | 8,192 tokens |
| Input modalities | image, text |
| Tool calling | No |
| Extended reasoning | No |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-01-31 |
| Listed | Oct 7, 2025 |
What Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) costs to run
Monthly list cost across five workload shapes, using the published cached-input rate where there is one. A floor, not a quote — batch discounts and cache writes aren't included.
| Workload | Per month |
|---|---|
| Support chatbot 1.2K in / 400 out × 200K requests | $252.56/mo |
| RAG assistant 8K in / 600 out × 100K requests | $282.00/mo |
| Coding agent 40K in / 4K out × 20K requests | $288.80/mo |
| Document extraction 20K in / 1.5K out × 50K requests | $474.00/mo |
| Bulk classification 500 in / 20 out × 5M requests | $865.00/mo |
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Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) FAQ
How much does Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) cost?
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) lists at $0.300 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens, with cached input reads at $0.030 per 1M. A RAG assistant handling 100K requests a month (8K tokens in, 600 out) comes to about $282.00 at list price.
What is the context window of Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)?
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) accepts up to 32,768 tokens of context and can return up to 8,192 output tokens per response.
Does Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) support tool calling?
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) does not list tool (function) calling support. It accepts image, text input.
How does Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) score on benchmarks?
LiveBench has not published a run for Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) yet. Until it does, compare it on price and specs, or run your own evaluation on your own tasks.
What is the API model ID for Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)?
On OpenRouter the model ID is "google/gemini-2.5-flash-image". It was listed on Oct 7, 2025.
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How these numbers are produced
- Price and specs — provider list data from OpenRouter, refreshed every 15 minutes. “Blended” is a 3:1 input:output mix.
- Scores and ranks — LiveBench release 2026-06-25. Ranks count only models that have a published run; a blank means “not evaluated”, never “bad”.
- Cost per point — the measured dollars LiveBench spent on the run, divided by the score it earned.
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