ByteDance Seedream 5 Lite vs Google Nano Banana 2

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Qwen ImageQwen Image 2.1 ProQwen Image 2.1 TurboQwen Image 3Qwen Image 3 ProWan 2.7Wan 2.7 ProZ Image TurboFlux 2 Klein 4bFlux 2 MaxFlux 2 ProFlux 3 ImageFlux 3 Image KleinFlux 3 Image Klein LocalSeedream 4.5Seedream 5 FlashSeedream 5 LiteSeedream 5 ProNano Banana 2 LiteNano Banana 2.1Nano Banana ProIdeogram 4.5Ideogram CharacterIdeogram Layerize TextIdeogram Object RemoverIdeogram Vector 1.0Ideogram VectorizerKrea 3Kling Image 3.0Kling Image 3.0 OmniMuse ImageMAI-Image 2.5MAI-Image 2.5 ProMAI-Image 2.6MAI-Image 2.6 FlashH3 ImageH3 Image HighspeedGPT Image 2GPT Image 2.6 FlareGPT Image 2.6 SunburstMOSS-ImageP-ImageP-Image UpscaleRecraft v4 VectorRecraft v4 Vector ProRecraft v4.1Recraft v4.1 ProGen-4 ImageGen-4 Image TurboIris-3BGrok Imagine Image 2.0

Lightweight Seedream variant for fast, high-quality image generation.

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Cloud

Qwen ImageQwen Image 2.1 ProQwen Image 2.1 TurboQwen Image 3Qwen Image 3 ProWan 2.7Wan 2.7 ProZ Image TurboFlux 2 Klein 4bFlux 2 MaxFlux 2 ProFlux 3 ImageFlux 3 Image KleinFlux 3 Image Klein LocalSeedream 4.5Seedream 5 FlashSeedream 5 ProNano Banana 2Nano Banana 2 LiteNano Banana 2.1Nano Banana ProIdeogram 4.5Ideogram CharacterIdeogram Layerize TextIdeogram Object RemoverIdeogram Vector 1.0Ideogram VectorizerKrea 3Kling Image 3.0Kling Image 3.0 OmniMuse ImageMAI-Image 2.5MAI-Image 2.5 ProMAI-Image 2.6MAI-Image 2.6 FlashH3 ImageH3 Image HighspeedGPT Image 2GPT Image 2.6 FlareGPT Image 2.6 SunburstMOSS-ImageP-ImageP-Image UpscaleRecraft v4 VectorRecraft v4 Vector ProRecraft v4.1Recraft v4.1 ProGen-4 ImageGen-4 Image TurboIris-3BGrok Imagine Image 2.0

Ultra-fast image generation model optimised for speed and creative output.

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Overview

Creator

ByteDance

Google

Released

Feb 2026

Feb 2026

Available on

ByteDanceOpenRouterRunwareReplicate

GoogleOpenRouterRunwareReplicate

Model ID

bytedance/seedream-5-lite

nano-banana-2

Specs

Pricing

$0.035 per image

$0.067 per image

Max resolution

4K

4K

Aspect ratios

1:1, 16:9, 9:16 +12 more

1:1, 16:9, 9:16 +11 more

Image-to-image

Up to 14 reference images

Up to 14 reference images

Output formats

PNG, JPEG, WebP

PNG, JPEG, WebP

Text to image rank

#39

#11

Image edit rank

#32

#15

Samples

Product still lifeMaterials, reflections, macro detail

Studio portraitSkin texture, lighting, shallow depth of field

Typographic posterText rendering, layout, flat colour

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.

LMArena ranks come from the arena.ai leaderboard (dataset, CC BY 4.0), boards of Oct 27, 2026 (image edit) and Oct 26, 2026 (text to image).