Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 1, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Nano Banana 2 Lite vs Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B benchmark

Name: Nano Banana 2 Lite vs Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Comparing verified benchmark accuracy, speed, and token pricing between Nano Banana 2 Lite and Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Share Analysis:

Google

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Sub-1.5 second ultra-low latency tier for real-time applications and mobile game asset pipelines.

Lite / Sub-1.5sImg Elo 1,293$33.6/1k imgs

Alibaba

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Alibaba dedicated open-weight code generation model with near-frontier SWE-bench Verified coding capability.

Img Elo 1,425

Nano Banana (Gemini Image) Family & Variants (3)

Speed, cost, and intelligence tradeoffs across the Google lineup

vs Base Model

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)

Google

Base Model

Img Elo1299

Latency4.2s

$/1k$134/1k

Prompt %92.5%

View specs →vs this

Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)

Google

Flash Image

Img Elo1323

Latency2.5s

$/1k$67/1k

Prompt %93.8%

+24 Elo-50% price

View specs →vs this

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Google

Lite / Sub-1.5s

Img Elo1293

Latency1.4s

$/1k$33.6/1k

Prompt %89.5%

-6 Elo-75% price

Selected

Top Rival Showdowns for Nano Banana 2 Lite

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs GPT Image 2 (High)vs Reve 2.1 vs FLUX.2 [max]vs Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)vs Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro

Image Quality Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Generation Speed Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar Leader

No shared data

Unpriced

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Nano Banana 2 Lite (5)vsQwen 2.5 Coder 32B (0)

Nano Banana 2 Lite: 5W (100%)Overall: Nano Banana 2 LiteQwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 0W (0%)

← Nano Banana 2 LiteQwen 2.5 Coder 32B →

Nano Banana 2 Lite (3/3)

Visual Quality & Adherence

Arena Preference Elo, prompt fidelity & typography score

Image Elo

1,293vs—

Prompt adherence

89.5%vs—

Text rendering

90%vs—

Nano Banana 2 Lite: 3WQwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 0W

Nano Banana 2 Lite (1/1)

Generation Latency

Time to render full-resolution image snapshot (seconds)

Generation time

1.4svs—

Nano Banana 2 Lite: 1WQwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 0W

Nano Banana 2 Lite (1/1)

Cost Efficiency

API inference cost per 1,000 generated images

Price per 1k images

$33.6/1kvs—

Nano Banana 2 Lite: 1WQwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 0W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Image Elo

Nano Banana 2 Lite1,293

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B—

Generation time

Nano Banana 2 Lite1.4s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B—

Price per 1k images

Nano Banana 2 Lite$33.6/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B—

Prompt adherence

Nano Banana 2 Lite89.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B—

Text rendering

Nano Banana 2 Lite90%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B—

Benchmark	Nano Banana 2 Lite	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Advantage Delta
Image Elo	1,293 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Generation time	1.4s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Price per 1k images	$33.6/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Prompt adherence	89.5% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Text rendering	90% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 100% with Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Monthly Image Production Volume25k images / month (25000 imgs)

Quick Presets:

Nano Banana 2 Lite$840.00 / mo

Rate: $33.6/1k

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$0.00 / mo

Rate: $0/1k

Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is estimated to save $840.00/month ($10,080/year).

Based on 25k images generated

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visionNano Banana 2 Lite

Nano Banana 2 Lite is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	Nano Banana 2 Lite	Nano Banana 2 Lite is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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CompareLLM Matrix

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LIVE

Google

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost—

Alibaba

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Elo 1,425

LiveBench64.8%

SWE-bench65.2%

Speed110 tok/s

Output cost$0.72/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Nano Banana 2 Lite or Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Nano Banana 2 Lite or Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: List prices are missing for at least one model.
Which is faster, Nano Banana 2 Lite or Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Context window is missing for at least one model.
Can I self-host either model?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Nano Banana 2 Lite and Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Similar Head-to-Head Comparisons

All Nano Banana 2 Lite matchups →|All Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B matchups →

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Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Image Elo

Nano Banana 2 Lite1,293

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B—

Generation time

Nano Banana 2 Lite1.4s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B—

Price per 1k images

Nano Banana 2 Lite$33.6/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B—

Prompt adherence

Nano Banana 2 Lite89.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B—

Text rendering

Nano Banana 2 Lite90%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B—

Benchmark

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Advantage Delta

Image Elo

1,293

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Generation time

1.4s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Price per 1k images

$33.6/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Prompt adherence

89.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Text rendering

90%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visionNano Banana 2 Lite

Nano Banana 2 Lite is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	Nano Banana 2 Lite	Nano Banana 2 Lite is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Nano Banana 2 Lite or Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Nano Banana 2 Lite or Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

List prices are missing for at least one model.

Which is faster, Nano Banana 2 Lite or Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Context window is missing for at least one model.

Can I self-host either model?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Nano Banana 2 Lite and Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.