Is Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) or MiniMax-M2 cheaper?

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.00 vs $3.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) or MiniMax-M2?

MiniMax-M2 has the larger context window (197K tokens).

Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) vs MiniMax-M2

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax-M2 offers a larger context window. Choose Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) or MiniMax-M2 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)	MiniMax-M2
Provider	OpenRouter	OpenRouter
Input / 1M tokens	$0.50	$0.26
Output / 1M tokens	$3.00	$1.00
Context window	131K	197K
Parameters	—	229B
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Jun 2026	Oct 2025

Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) details →MiniMax-M2 details →

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