Aion-RP-Llama-3.1-8B ranks the highest in the character evaluation portion of the RPBench-Auto benchmark, a roleplaying-specific variant of Arena-Hard-Auto, where LLMs evaluate each other’s responses. It is a fine-tuned base model...
Model details →AionLabs: Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) vs Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)
Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview, a.k.a. "Nano Banana 2," is Google’s latest state of the art image generation and editing model, delivering Pro-level visual quality at Flash speed. It combines...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | AionLabs: Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) | Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 33K | 66K | 🏆 Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.80 | $0.50 | 🏆 Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $1.60 | $3.00 | 🏆 AionLabs: Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | — | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) |
Frequently asked questions
Is AionLabs: Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) better than Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)?
Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between AionLabs: Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) and Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)?
Input: $0.80 vs $0.50 per 1M tokens. Output: $1.60 vs $3.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do AionLabs: Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) and Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) support?
AionLabs: Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) supports up to 33K tokens. Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) supports up to 66K tokens.
Do both AionLabs: Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) and Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) support tool calling?
AionLabs: Aion-RP 1.0 (8B): not advertised. Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview): not advertised.
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