Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) vs Claude Opus 4.8: side-by-side summary

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) and Claude Opus 4.8 are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image), from Google, has a 65,536-token context window and is priced at $0.25/M tokens input, $1.50/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Claude Opus 4.8, from Anthropic, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $5/M tokens input, $25/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image): 65,536 tokens
• Claude Opus 4.8: 1,000,000 tokens

Price

• Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image): $0.25/M tokens input, $1.50/M tokens output
• Claude Opus 4.8: $5/M tokens input, $25/M tokens output

Provided by

• Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image): Google
• Claude Opus 4.8: Anthropic

• Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) model details, providers and pricing
• Claude Opus 4.8 model details, providers and pricing