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Google: Nano Banana 2.1

Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) is Google's image generation and editing model on the Flash tier, succeeding Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro. It improves product recontextualization,...

Quality Score
83/100
price + capability + benchmarks
Input Price
$1.50
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-10-07
Output Price
$7.50
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-10-07
Context Window
65,536
tokens
Model ID
google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1
Vendor
google
Released
October 2026
Tokenizer
Gemini
Input Modalities
image, text
Output Modalities
image, text
Max Output
58,982 tokens
Tool Calling
✓ supported
Structured Output
✓ supported
Reasoning Mode
✓ supported
Vision
✓ accepts images
Audio
no
Moderated
no

What it costs in practice

Computed from the current $1.50/M input and $7.50/M output rates. Run your own numbers →

JobTokensCost
Summarize a 50-page report 30k in / 1.5k out $0.06
Classify 1,000 customer emails 500k in / 50k out $1.12
A month of a busy support chatbot 5M in / 2M out $22.50

Category rankings

Where Google: Nano Banana 2.1 places across the 1 category it ranks in. How we rank →

#CategoryScore
#6 Image GenerationVision · of 10 ranked 98

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Quick answers

How much does Google: Nano Banana 2.1 cost?
$1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens.
What is Google: Nano Banana 2.1's context window?
65,536 tokens, roughly 98 pages of text in a single request.
Does Google: Nano Banana 2.1 support tool calling?
It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
Can Google: Nano Banana 2.1 process images?
Yes, it accepts image input.

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