# Nano Banana 2.1

Nano Banana 2.1 is Google's latest image-generation model in our dataset, released Oct 6, 2026. Proprietary, API access only. Google's high-efficiency Gemini image generation model (API id gemini-nano-banana-2.1), generally available since Oct 6, 2026. Verified against vendor sources on Oct 26, 2026.

Last verified: 2026-10-26 · Evidence: Reported · Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/models/nano-banana-2-1 · JSON: https://theagenticweekly.com/api/models/nano-banana-2-1

## Key facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Google |  |
| Released | Oct 6, 2026 | https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog |
| API id | `gemini-nano-banana-2.1` | https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-nano-banana-2.1 |
| Output | image | https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-nano-banana-2.1 |
| Licence | Proprietary (API) | https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing |
| Pricing | 1K image $0.0336; 2K image $0.0504; 4K image $0.113 (per image) | https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing |

## What we tested

Nothing yet. We have not run Nano Banana 2.1 ourselves, so every fact here is Reported from the sources below.

## Not verified, left out

- Input modalities were not captured. It ranks #6 (preliminary) on the Oct 7, 2026 LMArena text-to-image snapshot.

## Sources

- [Gemini API model page](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-nano-banana-2.1)
- [Gemini API pricing](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)
- [Gemini API changelog](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog)

Data licence: CC BY 4.0. Data: Agentic Weekly (https://theagenticweekly.com), CC BY 4.0.