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# “Nano Banana 2.1 by @Google has landed in the Text-to-Image Arena, Image Edit Arena…”

Arena.ai (@arena), X, 2026-10-06.
Source: https://x.com/arena/status/2107576893973344578

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> Nano Banana 2.1 by @Google has landed in the Text-to-Image Arena, Image Edit Arena and Multi-Image Edit Arena! It landed:
> 
> - #4 in Multi-Image Edit with 1431 pts
> - #5 in Text-to-Image with 1328 pts
> - #6 in Image Edit with 1428 pts
> 
> This release is a substantial improvement from Nano Banana 2: +80 pts in Text-to-Image, +67 pts in Multi-Image Edit, and +38 pts in Image Edit!
> 
> By category, Nano Banana 2.1 stands out in:
> 
> - Multi-Image Edit: #3 in Commercial Design and 3D, and #4 across Cartoon/Fantasy, Photorealistic, and Text Rendering
> - Text-to-Image: #4 Photorealistic, and #5 in both 3D and Text Rendering
> - Image Edit: #4 across Commercial Design, 3D, Cartoon/Fantasy, and Text Rendering
> 
> Congrats to the team at @googledeepmind @google on this release!
> 
> > Quoting @Google: Meet Nano Banana 2.1, our latest image generation and editing model 🍌
> > 
> > This upgraded version outperforms our previous models across the board, with notable leaps in visual design, mask-based editing, and subject consistency to help you create more natural-looking images.

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## Cited in

- 2026-10-06: [Google releases Nano Banana 2.1 image model (based on Gemini 3.6 Flash) at about half the per-image price of Nano Banana 2](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-06-nano-banana-2-1/)