Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)
Side-by-side comparison of Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview). Compare pricing, context window, capabilities, and find out which is better for your workflow.
Verdict
strong confidenceGoogle: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) leads overall
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) leads in price and max output, making it the stronger choice for most workflows. Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet remains competitive with advantages in context window.
Best for with Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Best for with Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)
Side-by-side
Technical specifications
| Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Input price | $6/M | $2/M |
| Output price | $30/M | $12/M |
| Context window | 200K | 66K |
| Max output | 8K | 33K |
| Capabilities | Tool useVision | VisionReasoning |
| Released | Oct 21, 2024 | Nov 20, 2025 |
Scoring breakdown
How each dimension compares
Price
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) leadsAnthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet
$30/M tokens
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)
$12/M tokens
Context Window
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet leadsAnthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet
200K tokens
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)
66K tokens
Capabilities
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet
2/4
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)
2/4
Max Output
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) leadsAnthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet
8K tokens
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)
33K tokens
Recency
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Oct 2024
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)
Nov 2025
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