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 NVIDIA: Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) and NVIDIA: Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
Llama-3.1-Nemotron-Ultra-253B-v1 is a large language model (LLM) optimized for advanced reasoning, human-interactive chat, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and tool-calling tasks. Derived from Meta’s Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct, it has bee…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | NVIDIA: Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 131K | 131K | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $0.60 | 🏆 NVIDIA: Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $12.00 | $1.80 | 🏆 NVIDIA: Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | — | 🏆 Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) |
| 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 | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) better than NVIDIA: Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) and NVIDIA: Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
What's the price difference between Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) and NVIDIA: Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?
Input: $2.00 vs $0.60 per 1M tokens. Output: $12.00 vs $1.80 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) and NVIDIA: Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 support?
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) supports up to 131K tokens. NVIDIA: Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) and NVIDIA: Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 support tool calling?
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image): yes. NVIDIA: Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1: not advertised.