In this head-to-head showdown, Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) is more budget-friendly at $12/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.
3 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost
Original Claude 3 flagship. Kept so opus 3 vs later Opus and vs GPT-4o still resolve.
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Single model data
No latency data
$12 / 1M output
Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.
Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.
Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.
Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy
Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness
Cost per million tokens and max context window length
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | Advantage Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preference Elo | — | — | |
| LiveBench | — | — | |
| SWE-bench | — | — | |
| GPQA Diamond | — | — | |
| Time to first token | — | — | |
| Output speed | 48 tok/s | — | — |
| Input price | +$13/1M | ||
| Output price | +$63/1M | ||
| Context window | +69k |
Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) is estimated to save $1,400.00/month ($16,800/year).
Need SWE-bench on both sides.
Lower output list price ($12/1M).
Need TTFT on both sides.
Larger window (200k).
Claude 3 Opus is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.
| Target Workload | Recommended Pick | Evaluation Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Repo / coding agents | insufficient data | Need SWE-bench on both sides. |
| High-volume chat | Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | Lower output list price ($12/1M). |
| Voice / low-latency UI | insufficient data | Need TTFT on both sides. |
| Long-document RAG | Claude 3 Opus | Larger window (200k). |
| Screenshots / vision | Claude 3 Opus | Claude 3 Opus is the side marked multimodal in the catalog. |
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