I tested 24 YouTube thumbnails with Nano Banana 2 and accidentally discovered it has the best text rendering in AI.
The Calendar Design Won't Work, But Something Else Did
It Scored 1.56 Points Higher
Here's Where It Falls Apart
Then I Found a Third Option That Beat Them Both
One of Them Has a Serious Problem
Impressions swung 2.3x. Bookmarks swung 6x. The payout didn't care.
What happens when you give AI a container it cannot see through.
Flux 1.1 Pro: 8.50. Ultra: 7.83. Ultra Raw: 7.46. The pattern holds across images and video.
