Nano Banana 2 leads on human preference — 1253 vs 1145 Elo (#7 of 158 in the Image Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
Nano Banana 2✓fal-ai/nano-banana-2vs
Imagineart 1.5 Previewimagineart/imagineart-1.5-preview/text-to-image| Human-preference Elo | 1253 | 1145 |
| Arena rank | #7 of 158 | #49 of 158 |
| Category | text-to-image | text-to-image |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, Nano Banana 2 currently rates higher (1253 vs 1145 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 Imagineart 1.5 Preview (imagineart/imagineart-1.5-preview/text-to-image).
See the full best text-to-image models ranking.