Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) vs GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) costs 1.3x less per output token than GPT-4o (2024-05-13) ($12.00 vs $15.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $12.00
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- 27.1
- Output $/M
- $15.00
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) or GPT-4o (2024-05-13): which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($12.00 vs $15.00 per million).
No benchmark has tested both yet. Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) has results on Design Arena: images, Design Arena: graphic design and Design Arena: logos; GPT-4o (2024-05-13) on AA Coding Index, LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) and LMArena Text: coding. 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 GPT-4o (2024-05-13) has a AA Intelligence Index result, 7.3.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) has a GPQA Diamond result, 50.2%.
Directional only
Image generation
Design Arena: images
No call
Only Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) has a Design Arena: images result, 1216.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
GPT-4o (2024-05-13) takes 128K tokens against 66K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) $0.0080, GPT-4o (2024-05-13) $0.013 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) not benchmarked, GPT-4o (2024-05-13) 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 Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) $12.00 against GPT-4o (2024-05-13) $15.00 per million output tokens, 1.3x apart.
- Context window
- Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) takes 66K tokens, GPT-4o (2024-05-13) 128K.
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 Index4 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | GPT-4o (2024-05-13) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 24.2 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 33.4% | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1297 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1297 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | GPT-4o (2024-05-13) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 7.3 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | GPT-4o (2024-05-13) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| METR time horizons | Not measured | 40.8% | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| BALROG | Not measured | 32.3% | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | GPT-4o (2024-05-13) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 50.2% | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 52.6% | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 1.8% | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 48.9% | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1281 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1250 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1293 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | GPT-4o (2024-05-13) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 6.3% | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| MATH level 5 | Not measured | 51.0% | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1284 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1284 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | GPT-4o (2024-05-13) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 74.0% | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| MMLU | Not measured | 84.2% | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1295 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1278 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1314 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1262 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | GPT-4o (2024-05-13) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1300 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1278 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1291 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1137 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1312 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1283 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1277 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1283 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1257 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1234 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1304 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1292 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1285 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1365 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1302 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1288 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1298 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1289 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1147 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1132 | Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
Image generationDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | GPT-4o (2024-05-13) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: images | 1216 | Not measured | Only Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) measured |
| Design Arena: graphic design | 1226 | Not measured | Only Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) measured |
| Design Arena: logos | 1181 | Not measured | Only Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) measured |
| LMArena Text to Image | 1234 | Not measured | Only Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) measured |
| LMArena Image Edit | 1385 | Not measured | Only Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) measured |
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
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) 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 Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | OpenAI GPT-4o (2024-05-13) |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | November 20, 2025 | May 13, 2024 |
| Context window | 66K | 128K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $5.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $12.00 | $15.00 |
| 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 Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) better than GPT-4o (2024-05-13) for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($12.00 vs $15.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) or GPT-4o (2024-05-13)?
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $12.00 per million output tokens; GPT-4o (2024-05-13) costs $5.00 and $15.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) or GPT-4o (2024-05-13)?
GPT-4o (2024-05-13), with 128K tokens against 66K.
Has any benchmark tested both Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) and GPT-4o (2024-05-13)?
No benchmark has tested both yet. Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) has results on Design Arena: images, Design Arena: graphic design and Design Arena: logos; GPT-4o (2024-05-13) on AA Coding Index, LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) and LMArena Text: coding. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 22, 2026.