GoogleOct 6, 2026Closed APIPrimary source

Google ships Nano Banana 2.1

It ranks fourth on Artificial Analysis at a fraction of the price of the OpenAI models above it.

Why it matters: It is the best value near the top of the image rankings: $33.60 per 1,000 images versus about $211.

Price: $33.60 per 1,000 images at 1024x1024

Benchmark	Score	Type	Measured or published by
AA-Image-T2I v2.1	1175 Elo (±12)	Independent	Artificial Analysis

Sources: artificialanalysis.ai llmgateway.io

Nano Banana 2.1

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