ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview vs Nano Banana 2.1

Price, context window & benchmark comparison

ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview

Baidu

$0.28 / $1.13

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

Nano Banana 2.1

Google

$1.50 / $7.50

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

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Verdict: ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview is 6.1× cheaper than Nano Banana 2.1 on a typical 3:1 input/output mix. ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview has the larger context window (1M vs 66K).

	ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview	Nano Banana 2.1
Input price / 1M	$0.28	$1.50
Output price / 1M	$1.13	$7.50
Blended price (3:1)	$0.49	$3.00
Cached input / 1M	$0.028	—
Context window	1M	66K
Max output	922K	59K
Intelligence index	—	—
Coding index	—	—
Providers	—	1
Best provider uptime (30m)	—	100.0%
Vision input	No	Yes
Reasoning	Yes	Yes
Tool calling	Yes	Yes
Released	2026-11-10	2026-10-06
Retirement	—	—

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Input tokens / requestOutput tokens / requestRequests / day

FAQ

Which is cheaper, ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview or Nano Banana 2.1?

ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview is 6.1× cheaper than Nano Banana 2.1 on a typical 3:1 input/output mix.

ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview vs Nano Banana 2.1: which has a bigger context window?

ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview: 1,024,000 tokens. Nano Banana 2.1: 65,536 tokens.

How much would 1 million requests cost?

At 2,000 input + 500 output tokens per request: ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview ≈ $1,125, Nano Banana 2.1 ≈ $6,750.

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