Question 1

How much does Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) cost per token?

Accepted Answer

As of May 2026, Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) costs $0.250 per 1 million input tokens and $1.50 per 1 million output tokens — an output-to-input ratio of 6.0×. A 1,000-token input request costs $0.0003; a 10,000-token input request costs $0.0025. These prices are sourced from live OpenRouter data and verified against the provider's published pricing page.

Question 2

How many tokens does Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) support per request?

Accepted Answer

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)'s context window and per-request output cap are listed in the pricing table above. The context window is the maximum input + output combined; the output limit is how many tokens the model can generate in a single response. Most 2026 flagship models support at least 128,000-token context windows, with Gemini 2.5 Pro reaching 1 million tokens.

Question 3

Is Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) good for coding?

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Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)'s coding performance depends on its tier (see the badge above). Reasoning-tier models (OpenAI o3, DeepSeek R1) lead on hard algorithmic problems; balanced models like Claude Sonnet 4 and GPT-4o lead on long-context codebase work. For specifics, check the strengths section above and the /compare/best-models-for-coding ranking.

Question 4

How does Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) compare to other AI models?

Accepted Answer

See the related models grid below this section for direct comparisons. Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) is best understood relative to: (1) cheaper models in the same family (when speed matters more than capability), (2) competitor flagships at the same tier (for head-to-head decisions), and (3) reasoning models (when accuracy on hard problems outweighs cost).

Input price	$0.250 / 1M tokens
Output price	$1.50 / 1M tokens
Output / input ratio	6.0×
Context window	65,536 tokens (~49,152 words)
Maximum output	66,000 tokens
Cost per 1K tokens (input)	$0.0003
Tier	Fast
Last verified	2026-07-01

Request Type	Tokens	Input Cost	Output Cost
1,000 word article	1,333	$0.000333	$0.0006
10-page document (2,500 words)	3,333	$0.000833	$0.0015
1,000 lines of code	5,000	$0.00125	$0.00225
100K token document	100,000	$0.025	$0.045

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