Google Nano Banana 2.1 vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Both cost about the same at a typical 3:1 input/output mix.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 accepts longer prompts: 262K vs 66K tokens.
- Nano Banana 2.1 is the newer model (released 2026-10-06).
| Nano Banana 2.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Mistral | |
| Released | 2026-10-06 | 2026-04-30 |
| Input / 1M | $1.50 | $1.50 |
| Output / 1M | $7.50 | $7.50 |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $3.00 | $3.00 |
| Context | 66K | 262K |
| Max output | 59K | 210K |
| Accepts | text, image | text, image, file |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 1 | 3 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $7.50 | $7.50 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 99.86% | 99.72% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | Operational |
Cost calculator
Nano Banana 2.1
$203 per month$6.75 per day
Mistral Medium 3.5
$203 per month$6.75 per day
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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