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Head to head

GPT-5 Image vs Nano Banana Pro

Price, context, inputs and filters. No benchmarks theatre.

Nano Banana Pro costs 3.5× less per message.

GPT-5 Image holds 6.1× more context.

MainstreamChat with GPT-5 Image
MainstreamChat with Nano Banana Pro
Made by
OpenAI
Google
Content tier
Mainstream
Mainstream
Intelligence
Smart & Cheap
Brilliant
Estimated price per message
~22.75 credits≈ 4 messages for 1 €
~6.5 credits≈ 15 messages for 1 €
Context window
400K tokens≈ 615 pages of text in one go
66K tokens≈ 101 pages of text in one go
Reads
Text, Images
Text, Images
Writes
Text, Images
Text, Images
Tool use
No - plain chat
No - plain chat
Served via
OpenRouter, Unbottled AI
OpenRouter, Unbottled AI
Status
Legacy
Current

A typical message: 16K tokens in, 1.5K out. Short replies cost less. Models served via OpenRouter bill the real provider cost plus our markup, so actual charges vary. 1 credit = 0.01 €.