Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)

Closed weights Google August 2025

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
Google
Organisation type
Industry
Country
United States of America
Published
26 August 2025

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Image generation
Task
Image generation, Text-to-image, Image-to-image
Base model
Gemini 2.5 Flash

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Training data
tokens

Likely very widely used, qualitatively SOTA in image generation and editing as of late 2025

Availability

Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.

Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
API access
Training code
Unreleased

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Why it is tracked
Discretionary
Record confidence
Unknown

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Nano Banana Image editing in Gemini just got a major upgrade
Last updated
11 February 2026

What the numbers mean

About this model

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) was published by Google, in the country recorded as United States of America, during August 2025. The publishing organisation is categorised as industry.

It works in the domain of Image generation, and is recorded as performing the task of image generation, Text-to-image, Image-to-image.

It builds on Gemini 2.5 Flash. That is why it shares the base model's general shape and size.

Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.

How it was trained

Its inclusion criterion: discretionary.

Answers

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) — common questions

01

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)— what is it used for?

It works in the domain of Image generation, and is recorded as handling the task of image generation, Text-to-image, Image-to-image. These are the areas it was designed around; they describe intent rather than a hard boundary.

02

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)— what GPU do I need to run it?

None. This is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

03

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)— is it open source?

No. Its weights have not been published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

04

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)— how many parameters does it have?

No parameter count has been published for it, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

05

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)— who created it?

It was published by Google, based in United States of America, an organisation categorised as industry.

06

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)— when was it released?

It was published in August 2025.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 11 February 2026

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