GPT-5.2 vs Nano Banana 2

1. Advanced Reasoning for Diverse Domains

• Built to tackle coding and agentic workflows across multiple industries, with configurable reasoning support.

2. Multi-Modal & Long-Form Capabilities

• Handles both text and image inputs, producing text output.
• Allows up to 128 k output tokens for lengthy responses.

3. Large Context & Updated Knowledge

• 400 k token context window accommodates extensive codebases or documents.
• Knowledge cut-off of Aug 31 2025 keeps it current with recent developments.

1. High-efficiency counterpart to Gemini 3 Pro Image

• Google describes Nano Banana 2 as the high-efficiency counterpart to Gemini 3 Pro Image.
• Optimized for speed and high-volume developer use cases rather than maximum pro-grade fidelity.

2. Native image generation + understanding

• Accepts text and image inputs and can output both text and images in a conversational workflow.
• Useful for quick iteration, editing, remixing, and interactive visual applications.

3. Strong throughput with practical image controls

• Supports up to 14 input images per prompt, 128 k input tokens, and 32,768 output tokens.
• Handles multiple aspect ratios and can generate or edit images while keeping latency and cost lower than higher-end image models.

4. Grounded, developer-friendly image workflows

• Supports Google Search grounding and Content Credentials (C2PA) for image outputs.
• All generated images include SynthID watermarking as part of Google's native image stack.