gemini-nano-banana-2.1ImageExamples verified 2026-09-25Nano Banana 2.1
Google's latest efficient image generation and editing model; Google cites improved visual quality, typography, and multi-turn consistency. 1K / 2K / 4K at $0.0336 / $0.0504 / $0.1134 per image, about half the price of Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image).
- Official price
- $0.0336from/ image
- Size tiers
- 1K · 2K · 4K
- Images per request
- 1–101K ≤ 10 · 2K ≤ 5 · 4K ≤ 2
- Reference images
- Up to 14≤ 25 MiB each
- Aspect ratios
- 1:1 2:3 3:2 3:4 4:3 4:5 5:4 9:16 16:9 21:9
- Not supported (returns 400)
- mask、background=transparent
Notes
- Masks and transparent backgrounds aren't supported and return 400.
- The "Gemini Official Direct" group has no /v1/images/edits; pass reference images in image / images on generations.
- The model ID has no -image suffix: gemini-nano-banana-2.1.
- Supports 1K / 2K / 4K (4K measured at 5504×3072); 512 is not supported. Aspect ratios are the same as the other Gemini image models.
- Official token prices (per 1M tokens): input $1.50 (text / image), text and thinking output $7.50, image output $30, cache reads $0.075. This model emits thinking tokens.
Pricing
Official price in USD. Actual charge = official price × group multiplier.
- 1K
- $0.0336 / image
- 2K
- $0.0504 / image
- 4K
- $0.1134 / image
- Per token · Input
- $1.50 / 1M tokens
- Per token · Cached input
- $0.075 / 1M tokens
- Per token · Output (incl. images)
- $30 / 1M tokens
Endpoints
- POST
/v1/images/generations - POST
/v1/images/edits - GET
/v1/images/tasks?task_id={task_id}