Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) vs LongCat 2.0

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) at $0.287 in and $1.73 out and LongCat 2.0 at $0.345 in and $1.38 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

Google

0.28¢

for a client proposal

$0.287 in · $1.73 out / 1M

66K context · released 1 month ago

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LongCat 2.0

Meituan

0.28¢

for a client proposal

$0.345 in · $1.38 out / 1M

1.05M context · released 3 weeks ago

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.56¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) at $0.287 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: LongCat 2.0 at $1.38 per million tokens.
Largest context: LongCat 2.0 at 1.05M tokens — about 1,500 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

0.14¢

LongCat 2.0

0.14¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

0.28¢

LongCat 2.0

0.28¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

needs 155K ctx

LongCat 2.0

$0.06

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

1.2¢

LongCat 2.0

1.3¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

needs 250K ctx

LongCat 2.0

$0.09

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

LongCat 2.0

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

LongCat 2.0

Input / 1M tokens

$0.287

$0.345

Output / 1M tokens

$1.73

$1.38

Cached input / 1M

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$0.0069

Web search

1.6¢ / search

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Specs

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

LongCat 2.0

Provider

Google

Meituan

Released

1 month ago

3 weeks ago

Context window

66K

1.05M

Max output

66K

262K

Input

Images and Text

Text

Output

Images and Text

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

2025-01-01

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Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

Google

0.14¢

for this task

40% input · 60% output

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LongCat 2.0

Meituan

0.14¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.28¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 1,774 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, LongCat 2.0 has the largest context window here — 1.05M tokens.

On price, Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.28¢.

For images or files, Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) can read them directly; LongCat 2.0 is text-only.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) or LongCat 2.0?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) at 0.28¢; LongCat 2.0 at 0.28¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

LongCat 2.0 — 1.05M tokens, about 1,500 pages.

Can I run Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) and LongCat 2.0 side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.56¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.56¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.