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What AI models does Nano Banana use?

Nano Banana runs on Gemini 3 Pro Image (Google DeepMind), gemini-2.5-flash-image (Google DeepMind), gemini-3.1-flash-image (Google DeepMind), gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image (Google DeepMind), Nano Banana (gemini-2.5-flash-image) (Google DeepMind), Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image) (Google DeepMind), Nano Banana 2 Lite (gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image) (Google DeepMind) and Nano Banana Pro (gemini-3-pro-image) (Google DeepMind), and routes requests between them.

Models used
8
Primary model
Gemini 3 Pro Image
Public API
Yes
Last checked
2026-09-11

Model claims are labelled by how we know them: Gemini 3 Pro Image — disclosed, gemini-2.5-flash-image — disclosed, gemini-3.1-flash-image — disclosed, gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image — disclosed, Nano Banana (gemini-2.5-flash-image) — disclosed, Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image) — disclosed, Nano Banana 2 Lite (gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image) — disclosed and Nano Banana Pro (gemini-3-pro-image) — disclosed. "Disclosed" means the vendor says so in public; "inferred" means it was derived from documentation, headers or release notes.

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Other stack signals: python, javascript and rest.

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Tomorrow. “What AI models does Nano Banana use?” Tomorrow AI & Emerging Tech Index, AlienSquad, updated 2026-09-11. https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/q/what-models-does-nano-banana-use

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