Google · image model · Released Oct 6, 2026Nano Banana 2.1
Nano Banana 2.1 is an image model from Google, released Oct 6, 2026. It handles text to image and image editing.
- Arena score
- 1,427#7 of 61 · image editing
- Starting price
- $0.034per image · 1K
- Largest size
- 4K4K (about 16 MP)
- References
- 14input images for editing
How it rates and what it costs
- Text to image arena
- 1,325 ±9#5 of 82 · 5,290 votes
- Image editing arena
- 1,427 ±6#7 of 61 · 12,956 votes
Arena scores come from blind, side-by-side human votes on the same prompts (higher is better; ± is the 95% range). Boards updated Oct 26, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.
Listed prices
- 1K
- $0.034/image
- 2K
- $0.05/image
- 4K
- $0.113/image
Billed per token; Google’s listed cost per image.
Specs and prices checked Nov 2, 2026: Google Cloud Vertex AI pricing · OpenRouter, image generation models compared (Sep 11, 2026) . Labs change prices often.
The details
- Lab
- Type
- Image model
- Released
- Oct 6, 2026
- Inputs
- Text prompts, Reference images, Video
- Output
- Images
- Can do
- Text to image, Image editing
- Resolutions
- 1K · 2K · 4K
- Largest image
- 4K (about 16 MP)
- Max reference images
- 14
- Images per request
- Up to 1
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Availability
- 5 API hosts
More image models from Google
About Nano Banana 2.1
How good is Nano Banana 2.1?
In blind side-by-side votes, Nano Banana 2.1 scores 1,325 for text to image (#5 of 82) and 1,427 for image editing (#7 of 61). Higher is better; scores within about 18 points of each other are effectively tied.
Who makes Nano Banana 2.1?
Nano Banana 2.1 is an image model from Google, released Oct 6, 2026.
What can Nano Banana 2.1 do?
Nano Banana 2.1 accepts text prompts, reference images and video and produces images. In practice: text to image and image editing.
Is Nano Banana 2.1 open source?
No. Nano Banana 2.1 is proprietary; you use it through an API or partner apps.
Where can I use Nano Banana 2.1?
It is listed by 5 API hosts we track.
How much does Nano Banana 2.1 cost?
Nano Banana 2.1 costs from $0.034/image (1K), up to $0.113/image (4K). Prices checked Nov 2, 2026.
What are the alternatives to Nano Banana 2.1?
The closest image models from other labs, by release date, are FLUX 3 Image (Black Forest Labs, Oct 5, 2026), MAI-Image-2.6 (Microsoft, Oct 13, 2026), Arrow 2 (QuiverAI, Sep 16, 2026) and Qwen-Image 2.1 (Alibaba (Qwen), Sep 14, 2026).