Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1)
- Family
- Gemini 3.1
- Released
- 2026-10-06
- Context
- 131k
- Max output
- 32,768
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2026-03
- Specialization
- image-generation
- Openness
- Proprietary
- License
- ProprietaryCommercial use: conditional
- Weights
- Not released
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Pretrained
Cheapest of 3 routes · Google AI Studio
About
Nano Banana 2.1 (API id gemini-nano-banana-2.1, GA 6 October 2026) is Google's high-efficiency Gemini image generation and conversational editing model, succeeding Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image). First-party Gemini API docs: text/image/video/PDF in, image+text out; 131,072 input / 32,768 output tokens; Thinking levels minimal/medium/high; Google Web and Image Search grounding; up to 14 reference images; 1K/2K/4K output (default 1K); Batch API supported; caching not supported. DeepMind model card (Published 6 October 2026) says it is based on Gemini 3.6 Flash.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 3Compare API pricing across 3 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Batch in / out | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google AI Studio | $1.50 | $7.50 | $0.750 / $3.75 | Serverless |
| OpenRouter | $1.50 | $7.50 | - | Serverless |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $1.50 | $7.50 | - | Serverless |
Available via routers & gateways(13)
LiteLLM
GatewayOpen-source Python SDK and proxy server that unifies 100+ LLM APIs behind a single OpenAI-compatible interface, with load balancing, cost tracking, and configurable failover.
OpenRouter
HybridUnified hybrid gateway to 400+ models from 60+ providers via a single OpenAI-compatible API, with optional auto-routing that selects the best model per prompt.
Portkey
GatewayProduction AI gateway routing to 1,600+ LLMs with failover, load balancing, semantic caching, and guardrails; Apache 2.0 core is fully self-hostable with the complete feature set.
AIRouter
RouterCommercial LLM router that analyzes incoming requests and routes to the optimal model for cost/quality/latency via a drop-in OpenAI-compatible API, with a privacy-preserving embedding mode that avoids sending prompt content.
Helicone
GatewayObservability-first AI gateway with routing, caching, rate limiting, and request tracing; Apache 2.0 open-source core with a managed hosted tier for logging and analytics.
Kong AI Gateway
GatewayMulti-LLM AI gateway built on Kong Gateway 3.x, adding semantic routing, load balancing, guardrails, and MCP traffic analytics as plugins over Kong's existing API management platform.
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor Long context
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
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API versions
gemini-nano-banana-2.1Nano Banana 2.1Gemini Nano Banana 2.1google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1Cheapest of 3 routes · Google AI Studio