Nano Banana 2 vs Nano Banana Pro for Image Generation
Nano Banana Pro is the stronger choice for material rendering, multilingual typography, counting and attribute binding, advertising composition, multi-reference edits, garment transfer, and outpainting. Nano Banana 2 is stronger for anatomy and contact, structured UI graphics, scene relighting, and product preservation, while both perform equally on in-image text replacement.
Side-by-side facts
| Feature | Nano Banana 2 | Nano Banana Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | ||
| Availability on Banana Pie | Available now | Available now |
| Credits from | 40 credits | 80 credits |
| Max resolution | 4K | 4K |
| Reference images | Up to 8 | Up to 8 |
Scenario by scenario
Same prompt. Two models. Judge the difference in the published images below.
Product material and lighting
Better here: Nano Banana ProThe right image follows the requested material and lighting behavior more convincingly, especially in the alignment of the reflection and the consistency of the upper-left light and shadow.
- Exactly one transparent rectangular perfume bottle is visible, with no text, logo, or extra objects: Tie. Both show one upright rectangular glass bottle, and neither contains rendered text, a logo, plants, or a separate prop; the additional bottle-shaped forms are reflections.
- The bottle is visibly filled halfway with amber liquid: Right does slightly better. Both have a clear amber liquid line near the middle, but the right bottle reads more cleanly as half full, while the left bottle's thick inset glass structure makes the fill proportion less immediately clear.
- The glass refraction and the reflection on the wet black stone are physically coherent: Right does better. Its reflection is aligned directly beneath the bottle and its glass edges and liquid distortions are broadly consistent. The left has a detached ghost-like reflection to the right as well as a strong foreground reflection and oversized amber caustic, making the optics less coherent and less subtle.
- Upper-left lighting produces consistent highlights and a plausible contact shadow: Right does better. The bright upper-left illumination, highlights on the bottle's left and top surfaces, and long shadow extending down-right agree clearly. The left also suggests upper-left light, but its multiple bright caustics and reflections make the lighting direction less consistent.
Prompt & settings used
Prompt
A premium product photograph of exactly one transparent rectangular perfume bottle, half filled with amber liquid, standing upright on wet black stone. Light comes from the upper left, creating coherent refraction, a contact shadow, and one subtle reflection. No text, logo, plants, or extra objects.
Multilingual typography
Better here: Nano Banana ProBoth outputs follow the text, order, and color instructions exactly. The right poster wins on the final presentation criterion because its four-line block is spaced more evenly.
- Exactly four centered text lines and no additional text: Tie. Both posters visibly contain four centered lines and no other text.
- Exact wording and order: Tie. Both render "MOONLIGHT MARKET", "月光市集", "18 OCT", and "RIVER HALL" exactly in the requested order.
- Color assignment: Tie. In both posters, "月光市集" is red while "MOONLIGHT MARKET", "18 OCT", and "RIVER HALL" are black.
- Legibility, spacing, and alignment: Right does better. Both are sharp, legible, and centered, but the right poster has more consistent vertical spacing; the left has a noticeably larger gap between "MOONLIGHT MARKET" and "月光市集" than between the remaining lines.
Prompt & settings used
Prompt
Design a clean cream-colored vertical event poster. Show exactly four centered text lines and no other text: "MOONLIGHT MARKET", "月光市集", "18 OCT", and "RIVER HALL". Render "月光市集" in red and all other lines in black.
Human anatomy and contact
Better here: Nano Banana 2Left more reliably satisfies every anatomy and contact requirement, especially the visibility and separation of both five-fingered hands.
- Exactly two fully visible hands are present, with no extra hands or people: Left does better. It clearly shows one potter and two unobstructed hands; right crops out the person and shows two heavily overlapping hands whose full outlines are not visible.
- Each hand has exactly five distinct, naturally formed fingers: Left does better. Five fingers can be identified on each hand, while right obscures multiple fingers through overlap and does not clearly establish five distinct fingers per hand.
- The fingers, joints, and contact with the clay are anatomically plausible: Left does better. Its hands have coherent joints and believable inside-and-outside support of the bowl; right has an unclear, fused-looking overlap near the bowl rim and awkward finger contact.
- The clay bowl, spinning wheel, and shaping action are clearly recognizable: Left does better. The bowl and wheel are clear in both, but left more explicitly shows active two-handed shaping, while right's overlapping hands make the action less legible.
Prompt & settings used
Prompt
A photorealistic close-up of an adult potter shaping a clay bowl on a spinning wheel. Both hands are fully visible, each with five natural fingers touching the clay. No other people or hands. Soft window light.
Counting and attribute binding
Better here: Nano Banana ProRight wins because both images satisfy the requested counts, attributes, layout, and handle direction, but only the right image avoids visible additional objects.
- Object count and placement: Tie. Both images visibly show exactly three red cubes in a row on the left, two blue spheres on the right, and one yellow mug centered behind them.
- Attribute binding: Tie. Both images clearly depict red wooden cubes with visible grain, translucent blue glass spheres, and a glazed yellow ceramic mug.
- Handle direction: Tie. The mug handle is clearly visible on the right side in both images.
- No additional objects or text: Right does better. The right image contains only the requested objects against a plain background, while the left image also shows a blurred plant, plant pot, and other background furnishings. Neither image contains visible text.
Prompt & settings used
Prompt
On a matte gray table, exactly three red wooden cubes form a row on the left, exactly two blue glass spheres sit on the right, and one yellow ceramic mug stands centered behind them. The mug handle points right. No other objects or text.
Advertising composition
Better here: Nano Banana ProRight follows the prompt more precisely, especially by avoiding the extra "AERO" text and preserving a more distinct empty top area.
- Exactly one silver shoe and orange trail: Right does better. Both show one silver shoe in the lower-right, but Right's orange trail clearly enters from the bottom-left and curves through the composition; Left's trail crosses the lower edge and is less clearly established as beginning at the bottom-left.
- Visible text: Right does better. Right shows only "RUN LIGHT" and "42 KM", both spelled correctly. Left also shows "RUN LIGHT" and "42 KM" correctly, but includes the additional text "AERO" on the shoe.
- Top spacing and headline placement: Right does better. Right has a clearly empty pale-sky band across the top, with "RUN LIGHT" immediately below it in the upper-left. Left leaves some sky above the headline, but the empty band is less clearly the requested top 15 percent.
- Visibility and hierarchy: Right does better. The headline, badge, trail, and complete shoe are all clearly visible and separated, with a strong reading order from headline to badge to shoe. Left's required elements are also visible, but the large shoe and bottom-edge trail make the lower area more crowded.
Prompt & settings used
Prompt
Create a vertical social ad for a fictional running shoe named AERO. Keep the top 15 percent empty. Directly below it, place the headline "RUN LIGHT" in the upper-left. Show exactly one silver shoe in the lower-right, an orange trail curving from the bottom-left, and a round badge reading "42 KM". No other shoes or text.
Structured UI graphic
Better here: Nano Banana 2Left follows the requested structure exactly, while Right adds plan details that the prompt explicitly excludes.
- Title and columns: Both sides render the exact title "CHOOSE YOUR PLAN" and exactly three columns labeled "STARTER", "PRO", and "TEAM".
- Rows: Both sides place exactly three aligned labeled rows in each column: "PROJECTS", "STORAGE", and "SUPPORT".
- Buttons: Both sides show exactly one blue button labeled "SELECT" in each column.
- Alignment and no additional text: Left does better. Its three columns are evenly aligned and contain no extra text. Right adds "5 active projects", "10 GB", "Email support", "20 active projects", "50 GB", "Priority email & chat support", "Unlimited projects", "200 GB", and "24/7 phone, email & chat support", directly violating the instruction against additional text.
Prompt & settings used
Prompt
Create a clean horizontal pricing comparison graphic titled "CHOOSE YOUR PLAN". Use exactly three equal columns labeled "STARTER", "PRO", and "TEAM". Under each column, show exactly three aligned rows labeled "PROJECTS", "STORAGE", and "SUPPORT", followed by one blue button labeled "SELECT". White background, dark navy text, no additional columns or text.
Six-reference object binding and edit
Better here: Nano Banana ProRIGHT is the stronger edit because it preserves the base scene’s object positions and spatial relationships more accurately, especially for the napkin and orange, while completing all requested replacements and additions.
- Mug and napkin replacement: Right does better. Both show the navy mug with gold rim and the green-and-white striped napkin, but Right keeps both much closer to the red mug’s and white towel’s original positions, scale, and orientation. Left shifts and rotates the napkin upward and makes its folded profile substantially thicker.
- Orange and notebook replacement: Right does better. Both remove the pear and blue notebook and replace them with one leafy orange and one mustard-yellow hardcover notebook with a black elastic band, but Right places the orange almost exactly where the pear stood; Left shifts it noticeably to the right. The notebooks are similarly faithful.
- Two lemons: The two sides are even. Each shows exactly two lemons to the right of the mug, with the leafy lemon on the left and the plain lemon on the right, and neither adds or duplicates another object.
- Base-scene preservation: Right does better. Its mug, napkin, orange, and notebook align more closely with the original scene’s object locations and spacing, while Left notably changes the napkin’s placement and orientation and shifts the orange. Both preserve the wooden tabletop, framing, lighting direction, and overall wood-grain appearance well.
Reference images
Prompt & settings used
Prompt
Use Reference 1 as the base tabletop scene. Replace the red mug with the exact dark navy-blue mug from Reference 2 in the same position and orientation. Replace the folded white towel with the exact green-and-white striped napkin from Reference 3 in the same folded area. Replace the green pear with exactly one orange from Reference 4 in the same position. Replace the blue notebook with the exact mustard-yellow hardcover notebook from Reference 5 in the same position. Add exactly the two lemons from Reference 6 to the right of the mug. Preserve the wooden table, camera, framing, wood grain, lighting, shadows, and all other spatial relationships from Reference 1. Do not copy the white product backgrounds from References 2–6, duplicate any asset, or add other objects.
In-image text replacement
Depends on the taskBoth outputs satisfy the requested replacement equally well. Their text rendering and preservation of the storefront are nearly indistinguishable.
- Exact text replacement: Tie. Both signs read exactly "NIGHT OWL", and "MORNING BEAN" is completely gone.
- No malformed characters: Tie. Both outputs show only the clean, well-formed characters in "NIGHT OWL", with no extra marks or duplicated letters.
- Font, spacing, and perspective: Tie. Both closely match the original tall uppercase sans-serif lettering, use consistent spacing between and within the two words, and align naturally with the sign's perspective.
- Material, lighting, and scene preservation: Tie. Both retain the dark green painted wood grain, cream lettering, cast shadows, facade, lamps, windows, plants, and bench with no meaningful visible difference between them.
Reference images
Prompt & settings used
Prompt
Replace only the sign text with exactly "NIGHT OWL". Preserve the original font style, spacing, perspective, sign material, lighting, and everything else.
Multi-reference identity and garment transfer
Better here: Nano Banana ProRight is the stronger garment transfer because it preserves the person comparably while matching the reference jacket more faithfully and cleanly.
- Identity, expression, hair, pose, body proportions, and framing: The two sides are essentially even. Both preserve the same face, neutral expression, hairstyle, clasped-hand pose, proportions, indoor background, and portrait framing from Reference 1.
- Jacket material, color, collar, buttons, pockets, and sleeve patch: Right does better. Its clean light-blue denim, cream shearling collar, bronze buttons, symmetrical flap pockets, and red sleeve patch more closely match Reference 2. Left adds conspicuous distressed white marks that are absent from the reference jacket and has less consistent front detailing.
- Full replacement without mannequin or product background: The two sides are even. Both completely replace the black blazer with the denim jacket while retaining Reference 1's gray room and window curtain; neither introduces the ghost mannequin or white product background.
- Physical coherence of hands, fit, occlusion, shadows, and lighting: Right does slightly better. Both integrate the hands and bent sleeves convincingly, but Right's jacket construction, front opening, cuffs, and folds appear cleaner and more consistent, while Left has some irregular button and seam alignment around the opening.
Reference images
Prompt & settings used
Prompt
Use the portrait in Reference 1 for the person and the isolated jacket in Reference 2 for the garment. Dress the person from Reference 1 in the exact jacket shown in Reference 2. Preserve the person's identity, face, expression, skin, hair, hands, pose, body proportions, background, framing, and lighting from Reference 1. Preserve the jacket's material, color, collar, buttons, pockets, and sleeve patch from Reference 2. Do not copy the ghost mannequin or white product background.
Coherent scene relighting
Better here: Nano Banana 2Left provides the more convincing relighting. Its warm sunlight reads as entering from the left and produces stronger, more consistently directed highlights and shadows throughout the room, while preserving the original scene about as well as Right.
- Warm golden-hour light clearly enters from the left window: Left does better. Strong warm sunlight visibly travels from the window across the sofa, rug, table, and floor, while Right also shows warm left-side light but with less convincing continuity between the window and the bright wall patches.
- Highlights and shadow directions respond coherently to the new light source: Left does better. The table legs, sofa, plant, and lamp cast pronounced shadows toward the right, consistent with light arriving from the left. Right has generally rightward floor shadows, but the broad curved shadow across the sofa and the isolated rectangular wall projections are less coherent.
- The result is more than a uniform yellow color filter: Left does better. It adds localized highlights, window-shaped illumination, plant shadows, long furniture shadows, and varied light intensity across surfaces. Right also goes beyond a uniform tint, though its lighting transitions are flatter in several areas.
- No furniture or decor is moved, added, removed, or redesigned: The two are approximately even. Both retain the window, plant and pot, sofa, coffee table, rug, and floor lamp in substantially the same arrangement, with only small shape and proportion changes compared with the reference.
Reference images
Prompt & settings used
Prompt
Change the lighting to warm golden-hour sunlight entering from the left window. Do not move, add, remove, or redesign any object. Update highlights and shadows coherently.
Cross-ratio outpainting
Better here: Nano Banana ProBoth outputs preserve the reference composition well, but Right has a slightly more seamless foreground extension.
- 16:9 with natural new content on both sides: Both outputs are landscape and extend the sky, ocean, shoreline, and sand plausibly across both sides; neither has a clear advantage.
- Complete original image centered without cropping or stretching: Both keep the full square composition centered and appear uniformly scaled, with the cabin, horizon, and foreground all retained.
- Original cabin, shoreline, and internal composition unchanged: Both closely preserve the reference cabin’s proportions and details, the centered placement, the horizontal wave bands, and the beach foreground; the differences between them are marginal.
- No visible seams, mirrored filler, or repeated objects: Right is slightly better because its sand texture transitions more evenly across the side-extension boundaries, while Left shows a more noticeable change in foreground texture toward the left side. Neither shows obvious mirroring or repeated objects.
Reference images
Prompt & settings used
Prompt
Expand the canvas to a 16:9 landscape by naturally continuing the beach, ocean, and sky on both sides. Keep the complete original image centered without cropping, stretching, letterboxing, or modifying it.
Product preservation across scene change
Better here: Nano Banana 2Left preserves the reference sneaker much more faithfully while also delivering the requested wet basketball-court setting and coherent dusk reflections.
- Wet outdoor basketball court at dusk: Left does better. It clearly shows a wet court, painted lines, fence, and basketball hoop under a dusk sky, while Right shows wet pavement and court markings but makes the basketball setting less immediately readable.
- Sneaker consistency: Left does better. Its right-facing silhouette, low side-on camera angle, sole profile, panel layout, stitching, laces, and materials closely match the reference; Right reverses the shoe direction and uses a substantially different, more elevated viewing angle.
- Black geometric side mark: Left does better. It retains the reference mark's horizontal rear segment, upward diagonal, and downward right branch in the same orientation. Right mirrors and alters the mark, including a different terminal segment and proportions.
- Physical coherence: Left does better. The shoe has a grounded contact shadow, a strong puddle reflection aligned beneath it, and warm dusk illumination consistent with the visible sunset. Right also has plausible wet reflections and contact, but the bright white shoe lighting is less integrated with the darker court.
Reference images
Prompt & settings used
Prompt
Place the sneaker on a wet outdoor basketball court at dusk. Preserve the exact sneaker shape, black geometric side mark, materials, stitching, sole geometry, and camera angle. Add physically coherent contact, reflections, and dusk lighting.
Cost & latency
Nano Banana 2 starts at 40 credits, while Nano Banana Pro starts at 80, so Pro carries the higher minimum cost per generation. In the small latency sample from this run, Pro usually returned sooner, but these observations are not general benchmark figures and actual wait times can vary.
How we compared & disclosure
We used one fixed prompt per scenario with each model and published the selected outputs. Public images carry a Banana Pie watermark. The Nano Banana Pro results on this page come from a later run of the same prompt and settings. This is a reproducible comparison run, not an independent benchmark; Banana Pie sells paid access to both models.
Banana Pie sells paid access to this model alongside other models in one studio. Our verdicts come from tests run through the same pipeline our users get.