Project AURIONAI Use-Cases Research & Innovation
image generation

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Google image model listed on the Artificial Analysis Text-to-Image Arena.

GoogleGoogleUSANano BananaFamily
Google
Levelmodel
Classimage generation
Parametersnot in the notes
Contextnot in the notes
ReleasedJun 2026
Opennessproprietary
Runs onnot in the notes
Statusactive

Benchmark Results

independent
Artificial Analysis Text-to-Image Arena AA-Image-T2I v2.0generative media
rank shown as 13-16independent
1,095
5009001,300

Score in Elo; the axis starts at 500, as Elo has no zero. Higher is better.

rank 13, AA Text-to-Image Arena, overall10 Oct 2026 artificialanalysis.ai
Where this comes from
Every score names who ran it: vendor-reported, maintainer-run or independent. A rank is shown with the population it was ranked in (gap rule 3).

R&D Topics

Text-to-image foundation models (diffusion and flow transformers)produced byUnified multimodal models for understanding and generationproduced by

Identity

Developer
Google
Family
Nano Banana
Released
Jun 2026 sourcessecondary report
Weights published
–
Record checked
10 Oct 2026
Where this comes from
Developer and dates from the research notes. Release date is the vendor's public announcement; weights date is when open weights were published.

Architecture and Size

Architecture
not in the notes
Total parameters
– sources
Active parameters
–
Checkpoint parameters
–
Context length
not in the notes
Input
text
Output
image
Where this comes from
Parameter counts as the developer states them. Where the checkpoint holds a different total, both are shown (register A16).

Openness and Access

Openness
proprietary
Licence
Proprietary sources
Access routes
not in the notes
Where this comes from
The licence file governs over registry tags and aggregator labels.

Deployment

Runs on
not in the notes
Footprint
not in the notes
Runtimes
not in the notes
Where this comes from
Deployment tiers and runtimes as named in the notes. Footprint is the notes' figure, not a measurement by AURION.

Indonesia

Indonesian support
not stated
Regional languages
not in the notes
Jakarta hosting
unknown
Languages
not in the notes
Where this comes from
Indonesia fields are carried on every model; unknown is an allowed value.

Lineage

The notes record no lineage for this model.

Industry Use Cases

No industry use case links this model.

Sources

  1. AA-Image-T2I v2.0 Leaderboard - Top AI Image Models | Artificial Analysis artificialanalysis.ai https://artificialanalysis.ai/text-to-image/arena/leaderboard-text

To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "Nano Banana 2 Lite", https://aurion.semai.id/models/google-nano-banana-2-lite/, records of October 2026.