Nano Banana 2.1

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google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1-20261006

Google Nano Banana 2.1 is a multimodal model that processes image and text inputs and generates image and text outputs. It has a context length of 65,536 tokens, supports tools and reasoning, and is not open-weight. Pricing is $1.5 per million input tokens and $7.5 per million output tokens.

Tracked, but not yet independently ranked

This model is in the catalog, but we do not yet have enough public benchmark data to place it confidently in quality-focused recommendations. It may still appear in price-based recommendations.

  • tool use
  • structured outputs
  • reasoning

At a glance

providergoogle
releasedOct 6, 2026
context66K
input / M$1.50

Specifications

What the API gives you

Context window
66K tokens
Max output
59K tokens
Input price
$1.50 / 1M tokens
Output price
$7.50 / 1M tokens
Cache read
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Modalities
image, text → image, text
Knowledge cutoff
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Released
Oct 6, 2026

Benchmarks

No independent benchmark results are linked to this model yet. We keep it visible while withholding quality claims until usable results arrive.

Task evidence

How broad is the support?

Each status is exact to this model version and the selected task. Official release claims remain provisional.

No exact-version task evidence is linked yet. Official release claims will appear provisionally; independent results are required for established status.

Recommendation coverage

Where this model appears

Not currently included in a published recommendation. The task evidence panel above says exactly what is confirmed and what is still missing.

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