Nano Banana 2 leads on human preference — 1253 vs 1133 Elo (#7 of 158 in the Image Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
| Human-preference Elo | 1253 | 1133 |
| Arena rank | #7 of 158 | #54 of 158 |
| Category | text-to-image | text-to-image |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, Nano Banana 2 currently rates higher (1253 vs 1133 Elo). Preference votes measure typical output quality; test both on your own prompts for style fit.
Both are text to image models available as hosted API endpoints — Nano Banana 2 (fal-ai/nano-banana-2) and Recraft V4 Pro (Vector) (fal-ai/recraft/v4/pro/text-to-vector).
See the full best text-to-image models ranking.