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Claude Sonnet 4 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 Sonnet 4 and Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image).

Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4

Claude Sonnet 4 significantly enhances the capabilities of its predecessor, Sonnet 3.7, excelling in both coding and reasoning tasks with improved precision and controllability. Achieving state-of-the-art performance on SWE-bench (72.7%),...

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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 Sonnet 4Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Context Window1,000,000 tokens65,536 tokens
Agent SuitabilityN/AN/A
Time to First Token (TTFT)N/AN/A
Deployment Modelmanaged apimanaged api
Production Stabilitybetastable
API AvailableYesYes
Released Date2025-05-222026-06-30

API Pricing Comparison

Input Price per Million Tokens

Claude Sonnet 4

$3.00

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

$0.25

Output Price per Million Tokens

Claude Sonnet 4

$15.00

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
8800.0%vsN/A
Claude Sonnet 4
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
HumanEvalPython coding & logic synthesis
9150.0%vsN/A
Claude Sonnet 4
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
MATHComplex mathematical problem solving
7880.0%vsN/A
Claude Sonnet 4
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
GPQAGraduate-level expert reasoning
6050.0%vsN/A
Claude Sonnet 4
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
HellaSwagCommonsense reasoning and inference
9500.0%vsN/A
Claude Sonnet 4
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
MT-BenchMulti-turn conversation flow quality
920.0%vsN/A
Claude Sonnet 4
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

Claude Sonnet 4 Quirks & Gotchas

No developer gotchas reported.

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

No developer gotchas reported.