Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5.1 or Nano Banana 2?

Nano Banana 2, at $61.50 per million tokens against $80 for Claude Fable 5.1, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Claude Fable 5.1: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $80 is the number to beat. Nano Banana 2: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $61.50 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 14 providers sell both: Eden AI, Jiekou, Kilo Gateway, LLMTR, Merge Gateway, Ofox, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.

Which holds more context?

Claude Fable 5.1, at 1M tokens against 66k.

Claude Fable 5.1 vs Nano Banana 2.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Claude Fable 5.1 and Nano Banana 2 split the 5 rounds this table counts: the two list price rows, the cheapest price we can explain, the standard price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.

Anthropic

Claude Fable 5.1

$80/M tokens

Anthropic list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $9 per 1,000 pages

1M context · tool calling · reads images

Google

Nano Banana 2

$61.50/M tokens

Google list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $3.90 per 1,000 pages

66k context · reads images

List price in (lower wins)

$10/M

$0.50/M

List price out (lower wins)

$50/M

$60/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$80/M

$61.50/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$3.90

Context

1M tokens

66k tokens

Open weights

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

not stated

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

1 Sept 2026

28 May 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 14

Eden AI$80 / $4.50
Jiekou$80 / $4.50
Kilo Gateway$80 / $4.50
LLMTR$80 / $4.50
Merge Gateway$80 / $4.50
Ofox$80 / $4.50
OpenRouter$80 / $4.50
Vercel AI Gateway$80 / $4.50

Claude Fable 5.1 then Nano Banana 2, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 14

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What moved in the last seven days

Claude Fable 5.1Nous Portal$8 / $40 $10 / $5025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Claude Fable 5.1Requesty$10 / $50 $11 / $5510% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5.1 or Nano Banana 2?: Nano Banana 2, at $61.50 per million tokens against $80 for Claude Fable 5.1, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Claude Fable 5.1: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $80 is the number to beat. Nano Banana 2: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $61.50 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 14 providers sell both: Eden AI, Jiekou, Kilo Gateway, LLMTR, Merge Gateway, Ofox, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
Which holds more context?: Claude Fable 5.1, at 1M tokens against 66k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.