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# Google DeepMind Tests Nano Banana 2\.5 on LMArena to Rival GPT Image 2\.5

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**Published:** 2026-09-09T19:18:06.000Z
**Category:** Models
**Topics:** google\-deepmind, nano\-banana, image\-generation, lmarena, benchmark, gpt\-image

## Summary

A new image generation model from Google DeepMind is now undergoing public evaluation under the codename "spicy\-mayo" on the Image Arena benchmark\. Previously…

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