Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) is 2.0× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Qwen3.8 27B has the larger context window (1,000,000 vs 65,536 tokens, 15.3×). Qwen3.8 27B is open-weights; the other is not.
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) vs Qwen3.8 27B
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Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
Google · google__gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image
Qwen3.8 27Bopen
Qwen · qwen__qwen3.8-27b
Identity
| Field | google__gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Qwen | |
| Slug | google__gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B |
Quality
| Field | google__gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | — | 89.0 |
Cost
| Field | google__gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $0.25 | $0.42 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | — | $0.09 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $1.50 | $3.00 |
Context
| Field | google__gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 65,536 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output tokens | 58,982 | 131,072 |
Modalities
| Field | google__gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Input | image, text | text, image, video |
| Output | image, text | text |