Nano Banana 2.1

GOOGLE Developer Architecture Profile

OpenRouter ↗HuggingFace ↗

Intelligence (ELO)1415Chatbot Arena Verified

Max Context Limit65,536Max Out: 58,982 tokens

Prompt CachingStandardNo Cache Discount

Standard API / 1M$9.00Blended Standard Rate

Model Capabilities & Contract SLAs

Drafting
Classification
Conversational
Agentic
Coding & Logic
Fictional
📋 Strict JSON Schema
🛠️ Native Tool Calling

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,...

Granular Pricing Matrix

Input Tokens (Standard Prompt)$1.50 / 1M

Output Tokens (Completion)$7.50 / 1M

Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 10/6/2026

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