Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview (Nano Banana) vs Magistral Small 2506: side-by-side summary

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview (Nano Banana) and Magistral Small 2506 are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview (Nano Banana), from Google, has a 32,768-token context window and is priced by the provider serving it on OpenRouter.

Magistral Small 2506, from Mistral AI, has a 40,000-token context window and is priced by the provider serving it on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview (Nano Banana): 32,768 tokens
• Magistral Small 2506: 40,000 tokens

Price

• Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview (Nano Banana): Pricing varies by provider
• Magistral Small 2506: Pricing varies by provider

Provided by

• Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview (Nano Banana): Google
• Magistral Small 2506: Mistral AI

• Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview (Nano Banana) model details, providers and pricing
• Magistral Small 2506 model details, providers and pricing