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...
Model details →Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) vs Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
The highly anticipated 400B class of Llama3 is here! Clocking in at 128k context with impressive eval scores, the Meta AI team continues to push the frontier of open-source LLMs. Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3.1) launched with a var…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 131K | 131K | 🏆 Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $4.00 | 🏆 Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $12.00 | $4.00 | 🏆 Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | — | 🏆 Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | — | 🏆 Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) |
Frequently asked questions
Is Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) better than Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct?
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) 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 Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) and Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct?
Input: $2.00 vs $4.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $12.00 vs $4.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) and Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct support?
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) supports up to 131K tokens. Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) and Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct support tool calling?
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image): yes. Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct: yes.