Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic’s flagship model for demanding reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agentic work. It is particularly strong at end-to-end software tasks, code review and bug finding, visual analysis...
Model details →Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch) vs Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)
Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch) and Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
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 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch) | 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. | 1M | 66K | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.50 | $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. | $12.50 | $3.00 | 🏆 Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | — | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch) |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch) better than Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch) and Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
What's the price difference between Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch) and Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)?
Input: $2.50 vs $0.50 per 1M tokens. Output: $12.50 vs $3.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch) and Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) support?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch) supports up to 1M tokens. Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) supports up to 66K tokens.
Do both Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch) and Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) support tool calling?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch): yes. Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview): not advertised.