Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) vs Hermes 3 405B Instruct
Hermes 3 405B Instruct costs 12.0x less per output token than Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) ($1.00 vs $12.00 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
- No data
- Output $/M
- $1.00
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) or Hermes 3 405B Instruct: 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 Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) has results on Design Arena: images, Design Arena: graphic design and Design Arena: logos; Hermes 3 405B Instruct has none yet. 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
Image generation
Design Arena: images
No call
Only Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) has a Design Arena: images result, 1214.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Hermes 3 405B Instruct
Hermes 3 405B Instruct takes 131K tokens against 66K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Hermes 3 405B Instruct
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) $0.0080, Hermes 3 405B Instruct $0.0015 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) not benchmarked, Hermes 3 405B Instruct 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 Hermes 3 405B Instruct $1.00 per million output tokens, 12.0x apart.
- Context window
- Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) takes 66K tokens, Hermes 3 405B Instruct 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.
Image generationDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | Hermes 3 405B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: images | 1214 | 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
Hermes 3 405B Instruct costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Hermes 3 405B Instruct costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Hermes 3 405B Instruct 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) | Nous Hermes 3 405B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Nous Research | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | November 20, 2025 | August 16, 2024 |
| Context window | 66K | 131K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $1.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $12.00 | $1.00 |
| 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 Hermes 3 405B Instruct 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 Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) or Hermes 3 405B Instruct?
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $12.00 per million output tokens; Hermes 3 405B Instruct costs $1.00 and $1.00. 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 Hermes 3 405B Instruct?
Hermes 3 405B Instruct, with 131K tokens against 66K.
Has any benchmark tested both Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) and Hermes 3 405B Instruct?
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; Hermes 3 405B Instruct has none yet. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 22, 2026.