Nano Banana dari Google adalah model AI canggih dengan jendela konteks 32K token serta harga API $2/1M token input dan $20/1M token output untuk pemrograman, penalaran, dan otomasi bisnis.
Technical Specifications
- Provider
- Category
- flagship
- Release Date
- 2025-08
- Batch API Discount
- 30% off async batch
- Consumer Subscription
- $20 / month
- Reasoning Effort Control
- Fixed
- Structured Outputs
- Yes
- Output Modalities
- image
- Official Documentation
- Visit Official Docs ↗
Data Privacy, Licensing & Deployment Governance
Official Provider Release Intelligence, API Quotas & Agentic Specs
- Official API Model ID (SDK String)
- models/nano-banana
- Supported SDK & API Protocol
- Google Gemini API (generateContent) + OpenAI-Compatible SDK
- Lifecycle & Deprecation Status
- Active GA (Guaranteed support through 2027+)
- Production Rate Limits (RPM & TPM)
- 10,000 – 30,000 RPM (Tier 5 Enterprise) · 800,000 – 2,000,000 TPM
- Long-Context Pricing Tier (>128K / >200K)
- Flat rate ($2/1M in) across full 33K window
- Prompt Cache Write & TTL Policy
- Implicit + Explicit Context Caching at $0.5/1M with configurable TTL
- Computer Use & Browser GUI Agent
- Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops)
- MCP & Parallel Tool Calling
- Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema
- Web Search Grounding & Code Sandbox
- Built-in Google Search Grounding + Managed Python Code Execution Sandbox
- Fine-Tuning & Distillation Support
- Vertex AI Supervised Adapter Tuning & Context Distillation
- Multimodal Tokenization Billing
- Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile)
- Weights Precision & Quantization
- Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster)
- Minimum GPU VRAM Requirement
- Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API)
- Supported Inference Engines
- Managed Google Cloud API
- System Card & Safety Framework
- Google DeepMind Frontier Safety Framework Verified
- Enterprise Compliance (SOC2 / HIPAA / ZDR)
- SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier
Nano Banana Cost, Context, Hardware & API Integration
For single-user chat, a $20/mo subscription caps your bill below this API volume.
Break-even point: ~27 requests/day equals $20/month.
Same Monthly Workload Cost Across Popular Reference Models
Live Prompt Paste Tokenizer & Cost Counter
Paste real system instructions, JSON schemas, or code to measure BPE token counts across tokenizers.
Hybrid Prompt Routing Cascade Simulator
Route routine queries to a fast lightweight model ($0.15/1M) and escalate only complex reasoning turns to Nano Banana:
Benchmark Scores & 6-Axis Capability Radar
- Chatbot Arena Elo
- 1360pts
Strengths
- Arsitektur Conversational in-context image generation and editing transformer mutakhir dari Google dengan dukungan konteks 32K token
- Efisiensi biaya API yang kompetitif ($2/1M input, $20/1M output) dan respons cepat
- Performa andal dalam pembuatan kode, analisis logika, serta pemahaman multibahasa
Limitations & Trade-offs
- Penggunaan konteks berukuran penuh memerlukan pengelolaan anggaran token yang cermat
- Membutuhkan perancangan prompt yang tepat untuk kasus penggunaan industri spesifik
Editorial Assessment
Nano Banana merupakan solusi AI andal dari Google yang menyeimbangkan kapabilitas, kecepatan, dan biaya.
Best for: Otomasi perusahaan, pengembangan perangkat lunak, agen AI, dan alur kerja produksi berbasis Google
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Frequently Asked Questions about Nano Banana
How much does the Nano Banana API cost per 1M tokens?+
Nano Banana by Google is priced at $2 per 1M input tokens and $20 per 1M output tokens. With prompt caching enabled, cached input tokens cost $0.5 per 1M tokens, and asynchronous Batch API requests receive a 30% discount.
Should I use a $20/month subscription or the Nano Banana pay-as-you-go API?+
A flat $20/month consumer subscription is predictable for daily interactive chat and manual coding. However, if you are building software, running automated workflows, or sending low-to-moderate volume with prompt caching enabled, the pay-as-you-go API is typically far more cost-effective and offers higher rate limits without manual UI caps.
How many words and pages fit in Nano Banana's context window?+
Nano Banana features a 33K tokens context window, which equals approximately 24,576 English words or ~66 standard single-spaced pages in a single prompt. Its maximum output generation per turn is 8,192 tokens.
Can I run Nano Banana locally on my own GPU (Open Weights)?+
No, Nano Banana is a proprietary closed-weights model hosted by Google. It cannot be downloaded for local GPU execution and must be accessed via Google's official API or cloud platform.
Does Google train on data sent to the Nano Banana API, and is commercial use allowed?+
API payloads are excluded from model training by default. License tier: Proprietary Commercial API (Google Terms). Full commercial ownership of generated outputs. Supported deployment channels include: Google AI Studio API, Google Cloud Vertex AI.
How does Nano Banana perform on coding and reasoning benchmarks?+
Nano Banana achieves a composite Intelligence Index of 75/100, scoring N/A% on SWE-bench Verified, N/A% on GPQA Diamond, N/A% on MMLU-Pro, and 1360 pts on Chatbot Arena Elo.
What is Nano Banana best used for?+
Nano Banana is best suited for: Otomasi perusahaan, pengembangan perangkat lunak, agen AI, dan alur kerja produksi berbasis Google. Assessment: Nano Banana merupakan solusi AI andal dari Google yang menyeimbangkan kapabilitas, kecepatan, dan biaya.
Google Family Lineage, Routing Tiers & Upgrade Path
Step down to a lighter sibling for high-volume routing or step up to Google's flagship reasoning tier:
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Gemini Omni Flash
AI Glossary & Architecture Concepts
View full glossary →Key machine learning concepts and benchmarks relevant to Nano Banana:
The basic unit of text that a language model processes, typically representing about 3 to 4 English characters or roughly 0.75 words. For example, the sentence "Artificial intelligence is fast" breaks down into about 5 tokens.
A standardized evaluation suite used to objectively measure and rank an AI model's capabilities across specific tasks — such as SWE-bench Verified for software engineering, AIME for competitive math, or MMLU for general knowledge.
The maximum number of tokens a model can consider at once — both the input it reads and the output it writes. A 1,000,000-token context window can hold roughly 750,000 English words in a single request.
An AI model trained via reinforcement learning to spend dynamic compute thinking through complex logic, math, and architectural problems before outputting a solution. Examples include OpenAI o1, o3, and DeepSeek R1.
A step-by-step reasoning technique where an AI model generates intermediate problem-solving thoughts before arriving at a final answer. Native reasoning models like OpenAI o3 and DeepSeek R1 use CoT to solve complex math and coding challenges.
The ability of a language model to recognize when an external capability is needed and output structured JSON arguments to invoke external APIs, databases, or terminal commands. The runtime executes the tool and passes results back to the model.
Benchmark scores, token prices, and rate limits evolve rapidly as AI labs release model updates. Always verify current specifications and pricing on the official provider documentation.
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