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Gemini Nano Banana 2.1

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Flux.1 [dev]

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The basics

Released

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Aug 1, 2024

What it does

Knowledge cutoff

The latest events it learned about

Not published

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No: it runs on the maker's servers

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Where to use it

Google's app: Gemini ↗

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Price and limits, for developers

Input

Per million tokens

$1.50

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Output

Per million tokens

$7.50

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How much it takes in at once

66K tokens about 49,000 words

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How they score

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1,328#7 of 78Higher

969#74 of 78

In blind votes, people pick Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 over Flux.1 [dev] about 89% of the time.

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