Nano Banana vs GPT-5.6 Sol.
model vs model · prices as of
Nano Banana takes 3 of 5 rounds against GPT-5.6 Sol. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.70 per million tokens against $16.
Googlewins 3 roundsNano Banana
$1.70/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at Kilo Gateway · $0.165 per 1,000 pages
33k context · reads images
OpenAIGPT-5.6 Sol
$16/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at Nous Portal · $1.80 per 1,000 pages
1.1M context · tool calling · reads images
List price in (lower wins)
$0.30/M
$4/M
List price out (lower wins)
$30/M
$20/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
$1.70/M at Kilo Gateway
$16/M at Nous Portal
Standard price (lower wins)
$30.90/M
$32/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.165
$1.80
Context
33k tokens
1.1M tokens
Open weights
no
no
Tool calling
no
yes
Structured output
not stated
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
26 Aug 2025
9 Jul 2026
Providers selling it
15
44
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not stated
not stated
Providers selling both · 11
Kilo Gateway$1.70 / $32
Requesty$3.40 / $32
Vercel AI Gateway$3.40 / $32
Atlas Cloud$3.40 / $45
Merge Gateway$3.40 / $45
Ofox$3.40 / $45
Eden AI$3.40 / $49.50
Jiekou$30.90 / $32
Nano Banana then GPT-5.6 Sol, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 11
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What moved in the last seven days
- GPT-5.6 Sol
Nous Portal$1.60 / $8 $2 / $1025% dearer · - GPT-5.6 SolRequesty$5 / $30 $4 / $2029% cheaper ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Nano Banana or GPT-5.6 Sol?
- Nano Banana, at $1.70 per million tokens against $16 for GPT-5.6 Sol, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Nano Banana: $1.70 at Kilo Gateway. GPT-5.6 Sol: $16 at Nous Portal.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 11 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Requesty, Vercel AI Gateway, Atlas Cloud, Merge Gateway, Ofox, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- GPT-5.6 Sol, at 1.1M tokens against 33k.
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.