gemini-2.5-flash-image

proprietary

Our best engine for high-velocity visual creation, offering state-of-the-art speed and efficiency. Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, also known as Nano Banana, is best for high-volume generation, conversational image editing, and low-latency creative workflows that require native multimodal understanding.

Context
66K
Max output
33K
Input price
$0.3/1M tokens
Output price
$0.04/1M tokens

Capabilities

Reasoning & Interaction
Reasoning
Tool Calling
Output Control
Structured Output
JSON Mode
Infrastructure
Streaming
Batch Processing

Details

Provider Google AI
Creator google
Licenseproprietary
Statusactive
Typechat
Input modalitiestext, image, audio
Output modalitiestext, image, audio
Open weightNo
Parameters—
Architecture—
Context window66K tokens
Max input—
Max output33K tokens
Reasoning tokens—
Knowledge cutoff
Release date—
Sourceofficial

Tools

Function Callingfunction_calling
Call external functions and APIs

Endpoints

Generate ContentPOST
Generate text from multimodal inputhttps://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent
Stream ContentPOST
Stream text generation responseshttps://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/v1beta/models/{model}:streamGenerateContent

Pricing

Text tokensPer 1M tokens
InputCached inputOutput
Standard$0.3—$0.039
Batch$0.15—$0.0195

Family Comparison: gemini-2.5

ModelContextMax outPricing
gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview———
gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-20251.0M66K—
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025131K8K—
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20———
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-20251.0M66K—
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25———
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25———
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06———
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-06-05———
gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview———
gemini-2.5-flash-lite1.0M66K$0.1$0.4
gemini-2.5-flash-image66K33K$0.3$0.04
gemini-2.5-flash1.0M66K$0.3$2.5
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts8K16K$0.5$10
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts8K16K$1$20
gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025128K64K$1.25$10
gemini-2.5-pro1.0M66K$1.25$10

API

GET/v1/models/google/gemini-2.5-flash-image

gemini-2.5-flash-image

Our best engine for high-velocity visual creation, offering state-of-the-art speed and efficiency. Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, also known as Nano Banana, is best for high-volume generation, conversational image editing, and low-latency creative workflows that require native multimodal understanding.

Changes · 13 entries
gemini-2.5-flash-imageupdateb61df6aOct 7, 2026, 06:39 AM
statusdeprecated→active
deprecation_date2026-10-02
successorgemini-3.1-flash-image-preview
gemini-2.5-flash-imageupdate2b89bf1Oct 2, 2026, 06:39 AM
statusactive→deprecated
deprecation_date2026-10-02
successorgemini-3.1-flash-image-preview
gemini-2.5-flash-imageupdatee3d7dedAug 31, 2026, 04:13 AM
descriptionThe Interactions API is now generally available. We recom...→Our best engine for high-velocity visual creation, offeri...
gemini-2.5-flash-imageupdate88d97e5Jun 30, 2026, 04:49 AM
descriptionOur best engine for high-velocity visual creation, offeri...→The Interactions API is now generally available. We recom...
gemini-2.5-flash-imageupdate36c567eMar 27, 2026, 07:38 PM
deprecation_date2026-10-02
successorgemini-3.1-flash-image-preview
gemini-2.5-flash-imageupdatefa2bbbbMar 24, 2026, 05:22 AM
modalitiesinput["text","image","video","audio"]→["text","image","audio"]
descriptiona Latina Français Indonesia Italiano Polski Português – B...→Our best engine for high-velocity visual creation, offeri...
taglinea Latina Français Indonesia Italiano Polski Português – B...→Our best engine for high-velocity visual creation, offeri...
gemini-2.5-flash-imageupdate1cd659eMar 24, 2026, 04:19 AM
capabilitiesjson modeyes
gemini-2.5-flash-imageupdateb301ebeMar 23, 2026, 11:47 PM
descriptiona Latina Français Indonesia Italiano Polski Português – B...
taglinea Latina Français Indonesia Italiano Polski Português – B...
gemini-2.5-flash-imageupdate2b100acMar 23, 2026, 05:30 AM
model_typechat
licenseproprietary
page_urlhttps://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-2.5-f...
open_weightno
gemini-2.5-flash-imageupdate7a4f1f6Mar 22, 2026, 05:43 AM
modalitiesoutput["text","image"]→["text","image","audio"]
pricinginput$0.3output$0.039batch input$0.15batch output$0.0195tiers[{"label":"Text tokens","unit":"Per 1M tokens","columns":...
gemini-2.5-flash-imageupdateb50649fMar 21, 2026, 11:58 PM
successorgemini-3.1-flash-image-preview
tools["function_calling"]
endpoints["generateContent","streamGenerateContent"]
gemini-2.5-flash-imageupdatec9a70c5Mar 21, 2026, 08:12 AM
deprecation_dateOctober 2, 2026→2026-10-02
knowledge_cutoffJune 2025→2025-06
gemini-2.5-flash-imagecreate7f5c66fMar 21, 2026, 05:16 AM