Nano Banana vs R1 1776
Google vs Perplexity — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •R1 1776 is cheaper ($0.00 vs $0.30 per 1M input)
| Nano Banana | R1 1776 | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | — | 95.4 |
| Developer | Perplexity | |
| Type | Multimodal | LLM |
| Access | API only | — |
| Context window | 32,768 tokens | — |
| Input price | $0.30 / 1M | $0.00 / 1M |
| Output price | $2.50 / 1M | $0.00 / 1M |
| Speed | — | — |
| Released | October 7, 2025 | February 18, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Image, Text | — |
| Output modalities | Image, Text | — |