Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) vs Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus costs 2.3x less per output token than Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) ($1.28 vs $3.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $3.00
- Coding
- 33.2
- Overall
- 54.0
- Output $/M
- $1.28
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) or Qwen3.7 Plus: which to pick
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) has none, 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 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) has results on Design Arena: images, Design Arena: graphic design and Design Arena: logos; Qwen3.7 Plus on AA Coding Index, Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) and Code migration (Vals AI). 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
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a AA Intelligence Index result, 25.2.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a AA Agentic Index result, 17.5.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a Design Arena: websites result, 1269.
Directional only
Image generation
Design Arena: images
No call
Only Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) has a Design Arena: images result, 1269.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus takes 1M tokens against 66K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) $0.0020, Qwen3.7 Plus $0.0010 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) not benchmarked, Qwen3.7 Plus 33.2 from 2 benchmarks.
- 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 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) $3.00 against Qwen3.7 Plus $1.28 per million output tokens, 2.3x apart.
- Context window
- Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) takes 66K tokens, Qwen3.7 Plus 1M.
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 Index10 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 55.9 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 46.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 12.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 52.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 54.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 46.1% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 47.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 10.2% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1473 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1473 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 25.2 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 147.0 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 17.5 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.2% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 10.5% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 16.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 49.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 93.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Not measured | 2.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 90.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 35.6% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 87.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 17.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1460 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1466 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1460 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1292 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1295 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 93.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 34.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1467 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1470 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus 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 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.2% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1464 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1464 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1451 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1435 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1269 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1261 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1262 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1276 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1239 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1269 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1208 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1143 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 39.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 53.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 78.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 73.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 84.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 37.6% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1454 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1439 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1438 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1278 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1458 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1445 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1509 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1471 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1412 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1413 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1472 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1457 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1457 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1449 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1459 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1454 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1437 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1422 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1280 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1332 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1288 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1261 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1258 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1444 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Image generationDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: images | 1269 | Not measured | Only Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) measured |
| Design Arena: graphic design | 1249 | Not measured | Only Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) measured |
| Design Arena: logos | 1248 | Not measured | Only Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) 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
Qwen3.7 Plus costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus 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 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | February 26, 2026 | June 3, 2026 |
| Context window | 66K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.50 | $0.32 |
| Output $/Mtok | $3.00 | $1.28 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 33.2 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) better than Qwen3.7 Plus for coding?
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus costs $0.32 and $1.28. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Qwen3.7 Plus, with 1M tokens against 66K.
Has any benchmark tested both Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) and Qwen3.7 Plus?
No benchmark has tested both yet. Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) has results on Design Arena: images, Design Arena: graphic design and Design Arena: logos; Qwen3.7 Plus on AA Coding Index, Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) and Code migration (Vals AI). Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 21, 2026.