Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, a.k.a. "Nano Banana," is now generally available. It is a state of the art image generation model with contextual understanding. It is capable of image generation, edits, and multi-turn conversations. Aspect ratios c…
Model details →Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) vs Meta: Llama 4 Maverick
Meta: Llama 4 Maverick wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct (128E) is a high-capacity multimodal language model from Meta, built on a mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture with 128 experts and 17 billion active parameters per forward pass (400B total). It supports multi…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | Meta: Llama 4 Maverick | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 33K | 1.0M | 🏆 Meta: Llama 4 Maverick |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.30 | $0.15 | 🏆 Meta: Llama 4 Maverick |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $2.50 | $0.60 | 🏆 Meta: Llama 4 Maverick |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | Yes | 🏆 Meta: Llama 4 Maverick |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) better than Meta: Llama 4 Maverick?
Meta: Llama 4 Maverick wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) and Meta: Llama 4 Maverick?
Input: $0.30 vs $0.15 per 1M tokens. Output: $2.50 vs $0.60 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) and Meta: Llama 4 Maverick support?
Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) supports up to 33K tokens. Meta: Llama 4 Maverick supports up to 1.0M tokens.
Do both Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) and Meta: Llama 4 Maverick support tool calling?
Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image): not advertised. Meta: Llama 4 Maverick: yes.