Qwen-Image
A 20B image model released under Apache 2.0, notable for accurate text rendering in Chinese and English.
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Qwen-Image vs Nano Banana
Qwen-Image (Alibaba) and Nano Banana (Google DeepMind) both sit in Image. Nano Banana shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (4 vs 1). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Qwen-Image Alibaba | Nano Banana Google DeepMind |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Image | Image |
| Version | Qwen-Image | 2 |
| Entry cost | Pricing not specified in the provided documentation. | Free tier available for developers on Google AI Studio. |
| Pricing tiers | Open Source free | Free Tier free · Paid Tier free |
| Model stack | Qwen · Qwen-Image · Qwen-Image-2 · Qwen-VL | Gemini 3 Pro Image · gemini-2.5-flash-image · gemini-3.1-flash-image · gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image · Nano Banana (gemini-2.5-flash-image) · Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image) · Nano Banana 2 Lite (gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image) · Nano Banana Pro (gemini-3-pro-image) |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 1 | 4 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Text rendering, Instruction editing, Open weights (Apache 2.0), ControlNet, vision understanding, multimodal, open-source, multimodal model | Conversational editing, Character consistency, Text rendering, Multi-image blending, 4K output, text-to-image, image editing, multi-turn image editing |
Nano Banana
Gemini-based image generation and editing with strong character consistency.
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