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 Mistral: Mistral Medium 3
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Mistral Medium 3 is a high-performance enterprise-grade language model designed to deliver frontier-level capabilities at significantly reduced operational cost. It balances state-of-the-art reasoning and multimodal performance with 8× lowe…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 33K | 131K | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.30 | $0.40 | 🏆 Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $2.50 | $2.00 | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | Yes | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 |
| 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 Mistral: Mistral Medium 3?
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 wins on 3 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 Mistral: Mistral Medium 3?
Input: $0.30 vs $0.40 per 1M tokens. Output: $2.50 vs $2.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) and Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 support?
Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) supports up to 33K tokens. Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) and Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 support tool calling?
Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image): not advertised. Mistral: Mistral Medium 3: yes.