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Nano Banana 2.1: Quality vs Price Frontier

@ArtificialAnlysX · Oct 8, 2026

Nano Banana 2.1: Quality vs Price Frontier

@ArtificialAnlys's scatter plot drew 2.3K views on X: 0.2x @artificialanlys's median post and #1,063 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 13, 2026.

XData Scatter plot Nano Banana (Gemini image models)All Google models Muse ImageNano Banana 2.1GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max)Grok Imagine 2.0MAI-Image-2.6Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)FLUX.2 [dev] TurboFLUX.2 [dev] Flash

@ArtificialAnlys: Nano Banana 2.1: Quality vs Price Frontier — Published by @ArtificialAnlys on X, Oct 8, 2026. Source: x.com

29/ 100

ViralChart score

Small but loved

Fewer views than the median post but a higher engagement rate: a smaller crowd that acted on it.

#932 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #322 of 491 @artificialanlys posts. Score = views 40%, likes 30%, engagement rate 15%, save rate 15%, each as a percentile of every AI chart post we hold.

Our read

The post lands in the Small but loved quadrant, with a score rank of #932 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

At 2.3K views, the post sits at 0.21x @ArtificialAnlys's median of 11.4K.

It ranked #7 of 18 posts from this account that day.

Its score of 29 places it at #932 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

0.2x@artificialanlys's median post

2.3K views, where @artificialanlys's typical post gets 11.4K.

0.1xthe median scatter plot post

Across 187 scatter plot posts we hold, the median gets 22.4K views.

18posts from @artificialanlys that day

Part of a run of 18 posts on Oct 8, 2026. This one was #7 of 18 by views that day.

top 26%save rate

0.128% of viewers bookmarked it to come back to. The median post gets 0.076%.

Public X numbers from our read on Oct 13, 2026. Peers: 1,162 AI chart posts we hold and 491 from @artificialanlys.

Where it sits

Reach against resonance

Each dot is a post. Right is more views, up is a higher engagement rate. The lines are the medians, so the four corners are the four kinds of post.

Among 1,162 AI chart posts we hold

Score #932 of 1,162

Views	2.3K	#1,063	bottom 9%
Likes	21	#1,013	bottom 13%
Engagement rate	0.98%	#328	top 28%
Save rate	0.128%	#299	top 26%

Among 491 @artificialanlys posts

Score #322 of 491

Views	2.3K	#424	bottom 14%
Likes	21	#379	bottom 23%
Engagement rate	0.98%	#174	top 35%
Save rate	0.128%	#149	top 30%

Growth

Our reads cover 21 hours

Views2.3K

Age at our read5 days

Views per day of life467views divided by days since it was posted

Gained between our reads+81views over 21 hours, about 93 a day now

Dots are our reads. The dotted line from the day it was posted to our first read is a gap, not data.

@artificialanlys's posts over time

Every post from this account we hold, by date and views. This one is marked; the line is the running median of the last 10.

News · Oct 8, 2026

@ArtificialAnlys posts Nano Banana 2.1 quality vs price scatter

A scatter plot of 11 models drew 2.3K views and a 0.98% engagement rate, landing in the Small but loved quadrant.

What happened

On October 8, 2026, @ArtificialAnlys published a scatter plot titled Nano Banana 2.1: Quality vs Price Frontier. It was one of 18 posts from the account that day, alongside 17 others including Artificial Analysis Cyber Index v1.

The numbers

The post reached 2.3K views, ranking #1,063 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #424 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts. Its score of 29 ranked #932 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

The lesson

A scatter plot with 11 models drew a 0.98% engagement rate but only 2.3K views, below the 39.9K median among AI chart posts. The save rate was 0.13%.

What it means

At #322 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts by score, this chart sits below the account's own median views of 11.4K. The gap to the 39.9K median among AI chart posts is 0.21x.

Written by ViralChart from public numbers read on Oct 13, 2026. Every number is checked against our data before it is shown.

Updates: what @artificialanlys posted next

Data and API

12 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 46%

Group	Value	Read
Sana Sprint 1.6B	800	estimated
Infinity 8B	900	estimated
P-Image-Ideogram (Very Low)	950	estimated
FLUX.2 [dev] Flash	1000	estimated
FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo	1000	estimated
Muse	1100	estimated
Nano Banana 2.1	1150	estimated
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)	1050	estimated
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (max)	1150	estimated
MAI-Image-2.6	1050	estimated
Grok Image 2.5 Sunburst (max)	1100	estimated
MAL-Image-2.6	1050	estimated

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/571e0a36d866.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/571e0a36d866.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/571e0a36d866.skill.md

Make one like this Open the post JSON Chart data JSON Skill file API docs

Static files in this prototype. The post JSON holds the public numbers, ranks, score, quadrant, our reads and, when checked, our copy.

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Use this chart via API

On the Max plan you can pull this chart's numbers with the provenance of each one, as JSON or CSV, with its redraw spec, or call it from an agent over MCP. Chart id 571e0a36d866.

Approximate values. Our two readings of this chart agreed only in part (confidence 0.46 of 1), so check the original before you quote a number. The API marks it lowConfidence, and ?min_confidence=0.5 leaves it out.

See the Max plan API docs

	Path	Returns	Plan
GET	`/api/v1/charts/571e0a36d866`	Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link	Open
GET	`/api/v1/charts/571e0a36d866/data`	Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV	Max
GET	`/api/v1/charts/571e0a36d866/render?view=1`	The draw-only view this page uses	Open
POST	`/mcp`	Tool get_chart_data with this id, for Claude, Cursor and other agents	Max

curlMax

curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/charts/571e0a36d866/data \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

Claude CodeMax

claude mcp add --transport http viralchart https://viral-chart.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

60 requests a minute per key; over that you get 429 with Retry-After. Up to 5 keys per account, made on your account page and shown once. Without Max, the data route answers 402 with a link to the plans. The numbers describe a chart its publisher owns, and every file carries a license note.

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