Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview vs Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is Google’s high-efficiency model designed for high-throughput, high-volume use cases. It delivers better overall quality than Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and comes close to Gemini 2.5 Flash performance across core capabilities. Enhancements include audio input/ASR, RAG snippet ranking, translation, data extraction, and code completion. It supports the full range of thinking levels (minimal, low, medium, high) to enable fine-grained cost/performance tuning. Pricing is set at half the cost of Gemini 3 Flash.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, a.k.a. "Nano Banana 2," is Google’s latest state of the art image generation and editing model, delivering Pro-level visual quality at Flash speed. It combines advanced contextual understanding with fast, cost-efficient inference, making complex image generation and iterative edits significantly more accessible.