Nano Banana 2.1 Improves on All 9 Measured Image Capabilities, Biggest Gains in Layout and Anatomy
ArtificialAnlys · x · 2026-10-09
Artificial Analysis reports Nano Banana 2.1 improves on Nano Banana 2 across all 9 measured text-to-image capabilities: Layout jumps from #10 to #4, Human Anatomy from #6 to #3 (level with GPT Image 2 high), with large Text Rendering gains; Lighting remains its weakest capability.
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