Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)
gemini The API that serves this model and sets the prices shown here. gemini-2.5-flash-image The model identifier to send in API requests. LLM Generates text from a prompt, so it can be compared with other LLMs on price and capability. Small The fast, low-latency tier of a model family, suited to high-volume or simple tasks. Retired Oct 02, 2026 This model has been retired and can no longer be relied on.Provider:
Knowledge cutoff: June 2024
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (gemini-2.5-flash-image) is deprecated and will be shut down on October 2, 2026; migrate to Gemini 3.1 Flash Image or Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image to avoid service disruption.
Sticker prices & cost-per-token
List rates as published by Gemini, before any volume or enterprise discounts.
$0.30
$30.00
32,768 tokens
32,768
tokens per response (includes reasoning tokens)
Closed weights
$0.03
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| Effective | Price |
|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2026 – present |
Input cost: $0.30 / 1M, Output cost: $30.00 / 1M, Cached input cost: $0.03 / 1M, Cache creation cost: $0.00 / 1M, 5-minute cache write cost: $0.00 / 1M, 1-hour cache write cost: $0.00 / 1M, Reasoning output cost: $0.00 / 1M, Cache storage cost: $0.00 / 1M/hr
Corrected per_output_cost_per_million from 0.039 to 30.0. The page shows output images cost $30/1M tokens; $0.039/image for 1290 tokens @ $30/1M. Models.dev was correct for token price, not per-image. Cached input remains $0.03/1M tokens.
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| Oct 5, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026 | Input cost: $0.30 / 1M, Output cost: $0.039 / 1M, Cached input cost: $0.03 / 1M, Cache creation cost: $0.00 / 1M, 5-minute cache write cost: $0.00 / 1M, 1-hour cache write cost: $0.00 / 1M, Reasoning output cost: $0.00 / 1M, Cache storage cost: $0.00 / 1M/hr |
| Aug 16, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026 | Input cost: $0.30 / 1M, Output cost: $30.00 / 1M, Cached input cost: $0.03 / 1M, Cache creation cost: $0.00 / 1M, 5-minute cache write cost: $0.00 / 1M, 1-hour cache write cost: $0.00 / 1M, Reasoning output cost: $0.00 / 1M, Cache storage cost: $0.00 / 1M/hr |
History
Last change detected October 12, 2026 (14 days ago) by an automated scan.
| Date | Changed by | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2026 | Unknown | Initial record created |
Source
https://ai.google.dev/pricingComparable models
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Reliability
No reliability incidents recorded in the last 90 days.
Frequently asked questions
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) (Gemini) costs $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $30.00 per 1M output tokens, as last published by Gemini.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) has a context window of 32,768 tokens (the maximum combined input and output it can handle in a single request).
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) sits in the small size tier. Size tiers run from micro (small enough to run on a device) through small, medium and large to extra large (frontier flagships), and are assigned from the model's family, naming and limits rather than its price.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) can generate up to 32,768 tokens in a single response. Reasoning (thinking) tokens count toward this limit.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)'s training data runs through June 2024, so it may not know about later events. Coolhand records the cutoff at month precision, since providers often publish only the month.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) accepts image and text as input and produces image and text as output, as recorded in the Coolhand catalog.
No — the weights of Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) have not been released, so it is only available through hosted APIs.
Yes — deprecated Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) on October 2, 2026. Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (gemini-2.5-flash-image) is deprecated and will be shut down on October 2, 2026; migrate to Gemini 3.1 Flash Image or Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image to avoid service disruption.
retired Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) on October 2, 2026.
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