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FLUX 2 Pro vs Nano Banana 2: which image model to pick

Both are top-tier image models and they are good at almost opposite things. FLUX 2 Pro is cheaper and more stylish; Nano Banana 2 is the one that can read and write.

FLUX 2 Pro8 credits a pictureNano Banana 220 credits a picture
JobBetterWhy
Text inside the imageNano Banana 2Nano Banana 2 renders dense labels almost perfectly. FLUX 2 distorts once there is a lot of text to fit.
Infographics and manga pagesNano Banana 2Structured, multi-section layouts are Nano Banana 2's strongest suit — correct sections, correct order, legible captions.
Stylised and period looksFLUX 2 ProFLUX 2 nails 2000s digicam grain, vintage-phone selfies and modern anime. Nano Banana 2 pulls everything back toward documentary realism.
Keeping a real faceFLUX 2 ProFLUX 2 holds a likeness through a costume or setting change. Nano Banana 2 shifts faces noticeably.
Style transferNano Banana 2Slightly cleaner on Nano Banana 2, which keeps more characters and background elements recognisable through the change.
Understanding a vague promptNano Banana 2Nano Banana 2 reasons about intent, so a short brief often returns something better than a long one would have.
Multi-reference compositionEitherBoth keep several subjects faithful. FLUX 2 gives a more layered, dramatic depth of field; Nano Banana 2 keeps everything crisply in focus.
CostFLUX 2 ProFLUX 2 Pro costs well under half the credits of Nano Banana 2.
Re-composing a thumbnailNano Banana 2Asked to improve a layout, Nano Banana 2 expands the scene and re-composes. FLUX 2 mostly just saturates the colours.

Verdict

Default to FLUX 2 Pro. It is the cheaper of the two, it is better at anything with a deliberate visual style, and it protects a real person's face — which covers most commercial image work.

Switch to Nano Banana 2 for the specific jobs it owns: the image has to contain readable text, the layout has to hold a rigid structure, or you want to hand it a loose brief and let it reason about what you meant.

A cheap workflow that uses both: find the composition with four FLUX 2 Pro runs, and only if the winner needs legible text re-run that prompt once on Nano Banana 2.