Google Nano Banana 2 vs Runway Gen-4 Image Turbo

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

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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 FlashGPT 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

Runway's fastest Gen-4 image model: generates from one to three tagged reference images for consistent characters, styles, and scenes at a fraction of Gen-4 Image's cost.

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Overview

Creator

Google

Runway

Released

Feb 2026

Aug 2025

Available on

GoogleOpenRouterRunwareReplicate

Runway

Model ID

nano-banana-2

runwayml/gen4-image-turbo

Specs

Pricing

$0.067 per image

$0.02 per image

Max resolution

4K

1080p

Aspect ratios

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

16:9, 9:16, 1:1 +3 more

Image-to-image

Up to 14 reference images

Up to 3 reference images

Output formats

PNG, JPEG, WebP

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Text to image rank

#11

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Image edit rank

#15

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Samples

Product still lifeMaterials, reflections, macro detail

No sample yet

Studio portraitSkin texture, lighting, shallow depth of field

No sample yet

Typographic posterText rendering, layout, flat colour

No sample yet

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).