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Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) vs Midjourney v6.1 benchmark

Name: Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) vs Midjourney v6.1 AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Comparing verified benchmark accuracy, speed, and token pricing between Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) and Midjourney v6.1. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

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Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)

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Midjourney

Midjourney v6.1

Previous standard in aesthetic digital art generation, retained as a historical compare baseline.

v6.1Img Elo 1,265$80/1k imgs

Top Rival Showdowns for Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs GPT Image 2 (High)vs Reve 2.1 vs FLUX.2 [max]vs Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)vs Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro

Image Quality Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Generation Speed Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar Leader

No shared data

Unpriced

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) (0)vsMidjourney v6.1 (5)

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image): 0W (0%)Overall: Midjourney v6.1Midjourney v6.1: 5W (100%)

← Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)Midjourney v6.1 →

🏆Midjourney v6.1(3/3)

Visual Quality & Adherence

Arena Preference Elo, prompt fidelity & typography score

Benchmark

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)vsMidjourney v6.1

Image Elo

—vs1,265

Prompt adherence

—vs89%

Text rendering

—vs84%

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image): 0WMidjourney v6.1: 3W

🏆Midjourney v6.1(1/1)

Generation Latency

Time to render full-resolution image snapshot (seconds)

Benchmark

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)vsMidjourney v6.1

Generation time

—vs7.5s

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image): 0WMidjourney v6.1: 1W

🏆Midjourney v6.1(1/1)

Cost Efficiency

API inference cost per 1,000 generated images

Benchmark

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)vsMidjourney v6.1

Price per 1k images

—vs$80/1k

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image): 0WMidjourney v6.1: 1W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Image Elo

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)—

Midjourney v6.11,265

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Generation time

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)—

Midjourney v6.17.5s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Price per 1k images

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)—

Midjourney v6.1$80/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Prompt adherence

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)—

Midjourney v6.189%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Text rendering

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)—

Midjourney v6.184%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Benchmark	Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)	Midjourney v6.1	Advantage Delta
Image Elo	—	1,265 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Generation time	—	7.5s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Price per 1k images	—	$80/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Prompt adherence	—	89% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Text rendering	—	84% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 100% with Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)

Monthly Image Production Volume25k images / month (25000 imgs)

Quick Presets:

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)$0.00 / mo

Rate: $0/1k

Midjourney v6.1$2,000.00 / mo

Rate: $80/1k

Estimated Cost Delta

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) is estimated to save $2,000.00/month ($24,000/year).

Based on 25k images generated

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visionMidjourney v6.1

Midjourney v6.1 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	Midjourney v6.1	Midjourney v6.1 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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LIVE BENCHMARK

Google

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)33k

Input / 1M Tokens$0.3/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$2.5/1M

Midjourney

Midjourney v6.1

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)—

Input / 1M Tokens$80/1k

Output / 1M Tokens$80/1k

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) or Midjourney v6.1?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) or Midjourney v6.1?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: List prices are missing for at least one model.
Which is faster, Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) or Midjourney v6.1?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Context window is missing for at least one model.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) and Midjourney v6.1 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Image Elo

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)—

Midjourney v6.11,265

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Generation time

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)—

Midjourney v6.17.5s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Price per 1k images

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)—

Midjourney v6.1$80/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Prompt adherence

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)—

Midjourney v6.189%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Text rendering

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)—

Midjourney v6.184%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Benchmark	Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)	Midjourney v6.1	Advantage Delta
Image Elo	—	1,265 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Generation time	—	7.5s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Price per 1k images	—	$80/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Prompt adherence	—	89% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Text rendering	—	84% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visionMidjourney v6.1

Midjourney v6.1 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	Midjourney v6.1	Midjourney v6.1 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) or Midjourney v6.1?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) or Midjourney v6.1?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

List prices are missing for at least one model.

Which is faster, Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) or Midjourney v6.1?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Context window is missing for at least one model.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) and Midjourney v6.1 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.