No longer supported

This model is legacy and is no longer actively maintained or recommended by Google. Consider using their current flagship model instead.

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Nano Banana

by Google

Nano Banana is a small, efficient language model from Google, designed for on-device and low-resource applications. It is part of the Gemini family but is a lightweight variant optimized for speed and minimal computational requirements. This model is now considered legacy as Google has moved to newer, more capable models.

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Input cost

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Output cost

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Context window

8K tokens

Max output

2048 tokens

Modalities

text

License

proprietary

Capabilities

Text GenerationCode GenerationStreamingJSON Mode

Best For

Lightweight, on-device text generation tasks where speed and low resource usage are critical.

Strengths

Extremely fast inference
Very low memory footprint
Suitable for mobile and edge devices
Simple integration

Limitations

Limited context window (8K tokens)
Lower accuracy compared to larger models
No multimodal support
Legacy status, no longer actively developed

Use Cases

On-device chatbots

Simple text autocomplete

Basic code snippet generation

Real-time text classification

Offline language tasks

Prototyping and testing

Educational projects

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