Jamba Large 1.7 is the latest model in the Jamba open family, offering improvements in grounding, instruction-following, and overall efficiency. Built on a hybrid SSM-Transformer architecture with a 256K context window, it delivers more acc…
Model details →AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 vs Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Nano Banana Pro is Google’s most advanced image-generation and editing model, built on Gemini 3 Pro. It extends the original Nano Banana with significantly improved multimodal reasoning, real-world grounding, and high-fidelity visual synthe…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 | Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 256K | 66K | 🏆 AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $2.00 | Tie |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $8.00 | $12.00 | 🏆 AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | — | 🏆 AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) |
Frequently asked questions
Is AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 better than Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)?
Input: $2.00 vs $2.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $8.00 vs $12.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) support?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 supports up to 256K tokens. Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) supports up to 66K tokens.
Do both AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) support tool calling?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7: yes. Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview): not advertised.