Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) vs GLM 4.5 Air
GLM 4.5 Air costs 2.3x less per output token than Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) ($1.10 vs $2.50 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $2.50
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $1.10
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) or GLM 4.5 Air: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
No benchmark has tested both yet. Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) has results on Design Arena: images, Design Arena: graphic design and Design Arena: logos; GLM 4.5 Air on LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) and GSO-Bench. Compare them on price and context instead.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only GLM 4.5 Air has a AA Intelligence Index result, 11.1.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only GLM 4.5 Air has a Design Arena: websites result, 1146.
Directional only
Image generation
Design Arena: images
No call
Only Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) has a Design Arena: images result, 1178.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GLM 4.5 Air
GLM 4.5 Air takes 131K tokens against 33K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GLM 4.5 Air
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) $0.0015, GLM 4.5 Air $0.0008 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) not benchmarked, GLM 4.5 Air not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) $2.50 against GLM 4.5 Air $1.10 per million output tokens, 2.3x apart.
- Context window
- Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) takes 33K tokens, GLM 4.5 Air 131K.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 4.5 Air | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 68.4% | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 20.5% | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| GSO-Bench | Not measured | 2.9% | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1397 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1401 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 4.5 Air | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 11.1 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 4.5 Air | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 46.5% | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 4.5 Air | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 73.3% | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 7.0% | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1379 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1370 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1388 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | Not measured | 43.0% | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 4.5 Air | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 80.7 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 80.7% | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1396 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1396 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 4.5 Air | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 81.5% | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1407 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1402 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1382 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1371 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 4.5 Air | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1146 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1120 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1094 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1186 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1122 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1137 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1071 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index19 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 4.5 Air | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | Not measured | 37.6% | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 46.7% | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1384 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1354 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1343 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1397 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1366 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1426 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1377 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1348 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1308 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1400 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1385 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1373 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1368 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1371 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1366 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1354 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1339 | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
Image generationDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 4.5 Air | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: images | 1178 | Not measured | Only Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) measured |
| Design Arena: graphic design | 1151 | Not measured | Only Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) measured |
| Design Arena: logos | 1169 | Not measured | Only Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
GLM 4.5 Air costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GLM 4.5 Air costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GLM 4.5 Air costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | Z.ai GLM 4.5 Air |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Z.ai | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 7, 2025 | July 25, 2025 |
| Context window | 33K | 131K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.30 | $0.20 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.50 | $1.10 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) better than GLM 4.5 Air for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) or GLM 4.5 Air?
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GLM 4.5 Air costs $0.20 and $1.10. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) or GLM 4.5 Air?
GLM 4.5 Air, with 131K tokens against 33K.
Has any benchmark tested both Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) and GLM 4.5 Air?
No benchmark has tested both yet. Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) has results on Design Arena: images, Design Arena: graphic design and Design Arena: logos; GLM 4.5 Air on LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) and GSO-Bench. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 22, 2026.