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Alibaba Qwen Image vs Google Nano Banana 2
Specs, pricing, and capabilities side by side, plus outputs generated from identical prompts, so the only variable between the columns is the model.
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Alibaba Qwen's 20B image model, running fully offline on your own machine. Known for rendering long passages of text — English and Chinese — inside the image, and needs no API key or network once the weights are downloaded.
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Ultra-fast image generation model optimised for speed and creative output.
Learn more about Nano Banana 2 →Overview
Creator
Alibaba
Google
Released
Aug 2025
Feb 2026
Available on
GGML
RunwareOpenRouterReplicateGoogle
Model ID
sdcpp:qwen-image
nano-banana-2
Specs
Pricing
Free, runs on your hardware
$0.067 per image
Max resolution
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4K
Aspect ratios
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1:1, 16:9, 9:16 +11 more
Image-to-image
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Up to 14 reference images
Output formats
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PNG, JPEG, WebP
Runs locally
Supported OS
macOS, Windows, Linux
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Minimum machine
Local image generation · 32 GB+ RAM · 16 GB free disk · GPU strongly recommended
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Download size
13 GB
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Samples
Product still lifeMaterials, reflections, macro detail
PromptProduct still life of a brushed-titanium espresso tamper standing on wet black slate, a scatter of coffee beans around it. Single hard light source from the upper right casting a crisp shadow, cool grey studio background, macro detail on the metal grain and the water droplets.
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Download google-nano-banana-2-product.jpg
Studio portraitSkin texture, lighting, shallow depth of field
PromptEditorial studio portrait of a woman in her thirties with short dark curly hair, wearing a charcoal wool blazer over a white shirt. Soft key light from the left, subtle rim light, seamless deep-teal backdrop. Shot on 85mm at f/2, natural skin texture, catchlights in the eyes, shallow depth of field.
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Typographic posterText rendering, layout, flat colour
PromptMinimalist Swiss-style concert poster on off-white paper. Large bold sans-serif headline reading "NIGHT SIGNAL" stacked over a thin rule, smaller caption below reading "LIVE - SEPT 14 - HALL C". A single geometric orange semicircle in the lower third, generous white space, printed-ink texture.
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Differs from the promptAlso shows text the prompt did not ask for: "Swiiss- Slyl cTtess cel Sert".
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Every sample is the model’s first result for the shared scene prompt (no cherry-picking), generated via Runware or Replicate. Hover a copy icon to read the full prompt.
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