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Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) vs Gemma 2 27B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode
  • Supports tool calls

Gemma 2 27B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
Price Advantage
Gemma 2 27B
Benchmark Advantage
Gemma 2 27B
Context Window
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)
Speed
N/A

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricNano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)Gemma 2 27BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.00$0.65 Gemma 2 27B
Output (per 1M tokens)$12.00$0.65 Gemma 2 27B
Cache Read (per 1M)$200000.00N/A Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)
Cache Write (per 1M)$375000.00N/A Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Gemma 2 27B is 86% cheaper overall.

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) Providers

Google AI Studio $2.00 (Cheapest)
Google $2.00 (Cheapest)

Gemma 2 27B Providers

NextBit $0.65 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) Wins
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Gemma 2 27B Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkNano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)Gemma 2 27BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
-36.2-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-38.4-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
-16.7-
Aider
Real-world code editing
-36.1-
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
-49.3-
Both models show comparable benchmark performance.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)
65,536
tokens
Max output: 32,768 tokens
Gemma 2 27B
8,192
tokens
Max output: 2,048 tokens
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) has a 88% larger context window.

Speed Performance

Speed benchmarks not available for these models

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureNano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)Gemma 2 27B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyNano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)Gemma 2 27B
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorGoogleGoogle
ReleasedNov 2025Jul 2024

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) Modalities

Input
imagetext
Output
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Gemma 2 27B Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

Gemma 2 27B has cheaper input pricing at $0.65/M tokens. Gemma 2 27B has cheaper output pricing at $0.65/M tokens.
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of N/A, compared to Gemma 2 27B's score of N/A.
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) has a 65,536 token context window, while Gemma 2 27B has a 8,192 token context window.
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) supports vision. Gemma 2 27B does not support vision.