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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)

Side-by-side comparison of Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 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 confidence

Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads overall

Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads in context window and capabilities and max output, making it the stronger choice for most workflows. Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) remains competitive with advantages in price.

Best for with Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5

Long document processingMulti-modal tasksLong-form content generation

Best for with Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)

Budget-conscious workflows

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Technical specifications

	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5	Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)
Provider	Anthropic	Google
Input price	$3/M	$2/M
Output price	$15/M	$12/M
Context window	1.0M	66K
Max output	64K	33K
Capabilities	Tool useVisionReasoning	VisionReasoning
Released	Sep 29, 2025	Nov 20, 2025

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Scoring breakdown

How each dimension compares

Price

Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) leads

Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5

$15/M tokens