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Claude Opus 4.8 vs Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

How do these models stack up? Below is an expert side-by-side comparison of specifications, context window capacity, live pricing per million tokens, and standardized benchmark scores for Claude Opus 4.8 and Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image).

Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.8

Claude Opus 4.8 is Anthropic's most capable generally available model in the Opus family. It supports text, image, and file inputs with text output, with reasoning support and a 1M-token...

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Google

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) is Google's fastest, most cost-efficient Gemini image model, built for high-velocity developer pipelines and rapid-fire visual exploration. It delivers text-to-image generation...

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Technical Specifications

SpecificationClaude Opus 4.8Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Context Window1,000,000 tokens65,536 tokens
Agent Suitability97/100N/A
Time to First Token (TTFT)520 msN/A
Deployment Modelmanaged apimanaged api
Production Stabilitybetastable
API AvailableYesYes
Released Date2026-05-272026-06-30

API Pricing Comparison

Input Price per Million Tokens

Claude Opus 4.8

$5.00

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

$0.25

Output Price per Million Tokens

Claude Opus 4.8

$25.00

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

$1.50

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Benchmark Performance Metrics

Scores show the raw performance percentages verified across key evaluation suites. Higher bars indicate superior accuracy and capability in that domain.

MMLUGeneral knowledge & multi-task understanding
9540.0%vsN/A
Claude Opus 4.8
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
HumanEvalPython coding & logic synthesis
9720.0%vsN/A
Claude Opus 4.8
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
MATHComplex mathematical problem solving
9410.0%vsN/A
Claude Opus 4.8
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
GPQAGraduate-level expert reasoning
8650.0%vsN/A
Claude Opus 4.8
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
HellaSwagCommonsense reasoning and inference
9920.0%vsN/A
Claude Opus 4.8
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
MT-BenchMulti-turn conversation flow quality
980.0%vsN/A
Claude Opus 4.8
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

Claude Opus 4.8 Quirks & Gotchas

  • ▸Best-in-class for autonomous code repair and multi-agent orchestration
  • ▸Preview model — API may introduce breaking changes without notice

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) Quirks & Gotchas

No developer gotchas reported.