Nano Banana vs Nano Banana 2: API price and specs
Nano Banana is 16% cheaper than Nano Banana 2 on input price.
Nano Banana is 20% cheaper than Nano Banana 2 on output price.
Nano Banana is 18% cheaper than Nano Banana 2 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Nano Banana has a 700% larger context than Nano Banana 2.
| Field | Nano Banana | Nano Banana 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.21 | $0.25 +19% |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.30 | $0.50 +66.7% |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $1.20 | $1.50 +25% |
| Median output, per 1M | $2.50 | $60.00 +2300% |
| Lowest unit price | $0.039 / image | $0.067 / image +71.8% |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.45 | $0.55 +22.2% |
| Context | 1M | 131K +87.5% |
| Max output | 66K | 66K |
| Providers | 14 +17.6% | 17 |
| Regions | EU, GLOBAL, US | EU, GLOBAL |
| Accepts | audio, image, pdf, text, video | audio, image, pdf, text, video |
| Returns | image, text | image, text |
| Type | Images | Images |
| Free option | no | no |
| Cheapest provider | poe | aiml |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
aihubmix, edenai, google, google-vertex, jiekou, kilo, meganova, openrouter, poe, requesty, vercel, zenmux
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Nano Banana or Nano Banana 2?
Nano Banana is 16% cheaper than Nano Banana 2 on input price. Nano Banana is 20% cheaper than Nano Banana 2 on output price. Nano Banana is 18% cheaper than Nano Banana 2 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Nano Banana or Nano Banana 2?
Nano Banana: 1M tokens; Nano Banana 2: 131K tokens.
Where can I use both Nano Banana and Nano Banana 2?
aihubmix, edenai, google, google-vertex, jiekou, kilo, meganova, openrouter, poe, requesty, vercel, zenmux