Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 1, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) vs Yi-Lightning benchmark

Name: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) vs Yi-Lightning AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Comparing verified benchmark accuracy, speed, and token pricing between Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) and Yi-Lightning. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

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Google

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)

Google DeepMind frontier multimodal image generation flagship with Deep Research and complex multi-object spatial reasoning.

Img Elo 1,299$134/1k imgs

01.AI

Yi-Lightning

01.AI ultra-fast reasoning model delivering top LiveBench efficiency.

LightningImg Elo 1,475

Nano Banana (Gemini Image) Lineage & Sibling Variants

3 models

Currently comparing Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) vs Yi-Lightning. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)

Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)$67/1k Nano Banana 2 Lite$33.6/1k

Top Rival Showdowns for Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs GPT Image 2 (High)vs Reve 2.1 vs FLUX.2 [max]vs Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)vs Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro

Image Quality Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Generation Speed Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar Leader

No shared data

Unpriced

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) (5)vsYi-Lightning (0)

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image): 5W (100%)Overall: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)Yi-Lightning: 0W (0%)

← Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)Yi-Lightning →

🏆Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)(3/3)

Visual Quality & Adherence

Arena Preference Elo, prompt fidelity & typography score

Benchmark

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)vsYi-Lightning

Image Elo

1,299vs—

Prompt adherence

92.5%vs—

Text rendering

93%vs—

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image): 3WYi-Lightning: 0W

🏆Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)(1/1)

Generation Latency

Time to render full-resolution image snapshot (seconds)

Benchmark

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)vsYi-Lightning

Generation time

4.2svs—

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image): 1WYi-Lightning: 0W

🏆Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)(1/1)

Cost Efficiency

API inference cost per 1,000 generated images

Benchmark

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)vsYi-Lightning

Price per 1k images

$134/1kvs—

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image): 1WYi-Lightning: 0W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Image Elo

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)1,299

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning—

Generation time

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)4.2s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning—

Price per 1k images

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)$134/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning—

Prompt adherence

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)92.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning—

Text rendering

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)93%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning—

Benchmark	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)	Yi-Lightning	Advantage Delta
Image Elo	1,299 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Generation time	4.2s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Price per 1k images	$134/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Prompt adherence	92.5% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Text rendering	93% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 100% with Yi-Lightning

Monthly Image Production Volume25k images / month (25000 imgs)

Quick Presets:

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)$3,350.00 / mo

Rate: $134/1k

Yi-Lightning$0.00 / mo

Rate: $0/1k

Estimated Cost Delta

Yi-Lightning is estimated to save $3,350.00/month ($40,200/year).

Based on 25k images generated

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visionNano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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LIVE BENCHMARK

Google

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)—

Input / 1M Tokens$134/1k

Output / 1M Tokens$134/1k

01.AI

Yi-Lightning

Elo 1,475

SWE-bench63.4%

Speed (tok/s)130 tok/s

Input / 1M Tokens$0.14/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$0.14/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) or Yi-Lightning?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) or Yi-Lightning?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: List prices are missing for at least one model.
Which is faster, Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) or Yi-Lightning?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Context window is missing for at least one model.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) and Yi-Lightning Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Similar Head-to-Head Comparisons

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Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Image Elo

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)1,299

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning—

Generation time

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)4.2s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning—

Price per 1k images

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)$134/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning—

Prompt adherence

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)92.5%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning—

Text rendering

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)93%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning—

Benchmark	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)	Yi-Lightning	Advantage Delta
Image Elo	1,299 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Generation time	4.2s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Price per 1k images	$134/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Prompt adherence	92.5% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Text rendering	93% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visionNano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) or Yi-Lightning?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) or Yi-Lightning?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

List prices are missing for at least one model.

Which is faster, Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) or Yi-Lightning?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Context window is missing for at least one model.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) and Yi-Lightning Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.