Nano Banana 2.1: benchmarks, pricing, and what the API actually gives you
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Google shipped Nano Banana 2.1 on October 6, 2026. Model ID is gemini-nano-banana-2.1 , it's built on Gemini 3.6 Flash, and it slots in as the efficiency-tier sibling to Nano Banana Pro — Pro-adjacent output quality at Flash latency, at roughly half the per-image cost of Nano Banana 2. I've been ru…
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Nano Banana 2.1: benchmarks, pricing, and what the API actually gives you