Nano Banana 2 Lite vs GPT-5.6 Sol.
model vs model · prices as of
GPT-5.6 Sol takes 3 of 5 rounds against Nano Banana 2 Lite. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $16 per million tokens against $30.75.
GoogleNano Banana 2 Lite
$30.75/M tokens
Google list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $1.95 per 1,000 pages
66k context · tool calling · reads images
OpenAIwins 3 roundsGPT-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)
$0.25/M
$4/M
List price out (lower wins)
$30/M
$20/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
none below list
$16/M at Nous Portal
Standard price (lower wins)
$30.75/M
$32/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$1.95
$1.80
Context
66k tokens
1.1M tokens
Open weights
no
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
no
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
30 Jun 2026
9 Jul 2026
Providers selling it
9
44
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
not stated
Providers selling both · 7
FastRouter$2.25 / $32
Jiekou$2.25 / $32
Kilo Gateway$2.25 / $32
Vercel AI Gateway$2.25 / $32
LLM Gateway$2.25 / $45
Ofox$2.25 / $45
Eden AI$2.25 / $49.50
Nano Banana 2 Lite then GPT-5.6 Sol, per million tokens
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- GPT-5.6 Sol
Nous Portal$1.60 / $8 $2 / $1025% dearer · - GPT-5.6 Sol
Requesty$5 / $30 $4 / $2029% cheaper ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Nano Banana 2 Lite or GPT-5.6 Sol?
- GPT-5.6 Sol, at $16 per million tokens against $30.75 for Nano Banana 2 Lite, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Nano Banana 2 Lite: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $30.75 is the number to beat. GPT-5.6 Sol: $16 at Nous Portal.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 7 providers sell both: FastRouter, Jiekou, Kilo Gateway, Vercel AI Gateway, LLM Gateway, Ofox, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is FastRouter.
- Which holds more context?
- GPT-5.6 Sol, at 1.1M 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.