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| Attribute | Claude Sonnet 5.5claude-sonnet-5.5 | Gemini 3.5 Transcribegemini-3.5-transcribe | Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | |||
| Input | $2.00 / 1M | $0 / 1M | — |
| Output | $10.00 / 1M | $0 / 1M | — |
| Cache Write (5m) | $2.50 / 1M | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Cache Write (1h) | $4.00 / 1M | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Cache Read | $0.20 / 1M | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Web Search | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M | — |
| Request | — | — | $0.7754 / request |
| Billing | — | — | Pay Per Request |
| Context | |||
| Max context | 1M | 98.3K | 66K |
| Max output | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Capabilities | |||
| Vision | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Function Calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| JSON Mode | Yes | No | Yes |
| Streaming | Yes | No | No |
| Catalogue | |||
| Provider | Anthropic | ||
| Category | chat | voice | image |
| Charge type | Pay As You Go | Pay As You Go | Pay Per Request |
| Released | — | 2026-09-25 | — |
| Description | |||
| Summary | Claude Sonnet 5.5 is Anthropic's Sonnet-class model for well-scoped everyday work, serving as a direct upgrade to Sonnet 5. It excels at feature development, bug fixing, and creating polished documents, presentations, and spreadsheets, while offering clearer writing and communication than its predecessor. | Google Gemini 3.5 Transcribe speech-to-text. Billed per input and output token. | Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) is Google's fastest and most cost-efficient multimodal image generation model, designed for high-throughput visual workflows and real-time applications. It supports text-to-image generation, image editing, and multi-image composition through a unified API, while also producing text outputs alongside images. Delivering image generation in approximately 4 seconds, it combines fast inference with strong character consistency, precise editing, and real-world knowledge. The model generates 1K-resolution images across 14 aspect ratios and embeds an invisible SynthID watermark in all outputs. Optimized for the best balance of quality, speed, and cost, Nano Banana 2 Lite is ideal for prototyping, developer pipelines, and large-scale visual content generation. |