GPT Image 2.5 Flare vs 
Nano Banana Pro GPT Image 2.5 Flare vs Nano Banana Pro: the same 8 pictures, side by side
A family portrait, a poster, a birthday card, a sleepy cat and a few impossible scenes. We gave OpenAI's GPT Image 2.5 Flare and Google's Nano Banana Pro exactly the same words and show you both pictures, untouched.
By chatmodel team Tested with GPT Image 2.5 Flare and Nano Banana Pro Updated
The short answer
A close match: each won 3 of our 8 tests and 2 were ties. Pick GPT Image 2.5 Flare for posters, food and cozy home scenes. Pick Nano Banana Pro for dreamy scenes, paintings and small details that match the description.
- GPT Image 2.5 Flare: 3 wins
- Nano Banana Pro: 3 wins
- 2 ties
Pick GPT Image 2.5 Flare if…
- You're making a poster or a card and want it bold and ready to print.
- You want a warm, cozy everyday scene, like food on a table or a pet at home.
Pick Nano Banana Pro if…
- You want a dreamy, detailed scene with lots of light and color.
- You like paintings that look made by hand, on real paper.
You don't have to choose: in chatmodel you can use both in the same conversation.
GPT Image 2.5 Flare vs Nano Banana Pro at a glance
| GPT Image 2.5 Flare | Nano Banana Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | OpenAI (the makers of ChatGPT) | Google (its technical name is Gemini 3 Pro Image) |
| Best at, in our test | Bold posters and cozy, finished scenes | Dazzling fantasy scenes and a hand-painted look |
| Weakest at, in our test | Small details, like the wrong kind of footprints | Adds things on its own, like a made-up signature on a painting |
| Rounds won (of 8) | 3 (+2 ties) | 3 (+2 ties) |
| Edits your own photos | Yes | Yes |
| Came out | September 2026 | September 2025 |
| On chatmodel | Included in Pro | Included in Pro |
The 8 tests, picture by picture
The same description to both, one try each, nothing retouched. Press “Try these words” to make your own.
Test 1 · A poster with real words on it
A poster with words on it: GPT Image is bolder
The description both got
A vintage travel poster with the words "VISIT LISBON" in bold letters at the top, a yellow tram climbing a steep hill at sunset, terracotta rooftops and the river in the distance, mid-century illustration style, flat colors
Winner: GPT Image 2.5 Flare. Both spelled “VISIT LISBON” correctly and both drew the yellow tram, the river and the bridge. GPT Image made a bold poster that fills the frame. Nano Banana Pro's is lovely too, but drawn as a print with a cream border, so it looks smaller.
Test 2 · A card with a name on it
A card with a name on it: a tie
The description both got
A birthday card with the words "Happy 60th, Maria!" in elegant gold letters, surrounded by spring flowers and a small cake with candles, soft watercolor style
A tie. Both wrote “Happy 60th, Maria!” correctly in gold, with spring flowers and a cake. GPT Image made the letters bigger and the card fuller. Nano Banana Pro added a sweet touch: “60” candles on top of the cake. Pick the one you like.
Test 3 · A warm family portrait
A family portrait: a tie
The description both got
A smiling grandmother in her sixties picking ripe tomatoes in a sunlit vegetable garden, straw hat, soft golden evening light, natural skin texture and laugh lines, shallow depth of field, 50mm documentary photo
A tie. Two warm, believable grandmothers in their gardens. GPT Image went closer, with golden evening light behind her. Nano Banana Pro showed more of the garden, with a fence, flowers and gardening gloves. Both look like real photos.
Test 4 · Food that looks good enough to eat
Food that looks good enough to eat: GPT Image
The description both got
A homemade apple pie with a golden lattice crust on a rustic wooden table by a rainy window, a wisp of steam rising, cinnamon sticks and a cup of tea beside it, cozy autumn kitchen, food magazine photo
Winner: GPT Image 2.5 Flare. Both included the rainy window, the tea, the steam and the cinnamon sticks. GPT Image added apples, autumn leaves and a candle, and the whole table feels cozy. Nano Banana Pro's pie is neat but plainer.
Test 5 · A pet portrait
A pet portrait: GPT Image gets closer
The description both got
A fluffy orange cat asleep on a sunny window seat next to a stack of old books and a potted fern, soft morning light, warm and cozy home photo
Winner: GPT Image 2.5 Flare. GPT Image made the sleeping cat the star, curled on a blanket next to a stack of old books and the fern. Nano Banana Pro's cat is lovely, but smaller, in a corner of a room full of plants.
Test 6 · Something that could never happen
Something impossible, a dog on the moon: Nano Banana Pro gets the details
The description both got
A golden retriever wearing a small astronaut helmet sitting on the surface of the moon, the blue Earth rising behind him, footprints in the grey dust, playful, photorealistic
Winner: Nano Banana Pro. Both made a happy golden retriever in a helmet with the Earth behind it. GPT Image's dog is bigger and clearer, but the footprints next to him are boot prints, as if a person had walked there. Nano Banana Pro drew paw prints, a little space suit and a lunar module.
Test 7 · A scene from a dream
A scene from a dream: Nano Banana Pro dazzles
The description both got
A giant whale made of clear glass floating above desert sand dunes at sunrise, sunlight refracting through its body and throwing rainbow patterns on the sand, a lone traveler looking up, photorealistic, wide shot
Winner: Nano Banana Pro. The description asked for sunlight throwing rainbow patterns on the sand. Nano Banana Pro made them bright and everywhere, with rays of light through a detailed glass whale. GPT Image's scene was beautiful but calmer.
Test 8 · A painting in a classic style
A painting in a classic style: Nano Banana Pro looks hand-painted
The description both got
A watercolor painting of a small Tuscan village on a hilltop with cypress trees and a winding road, loose brushstrokes, soft pastel colors, white paper showing through, painted by hand
Winner: Nano Banana Pro. We asked for white paper showing through. Nano Banana Pro painted it like a real watercolor, with loose strokes and white edges. It also signed it with a made-up name, “Giulia Rossi”, that you may want to crop. GPT Image's painting was pretty but looked more like a finished print.
Scorecard
| Test | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1. A poster with real words on it | GPT Image 2.5 Flare |
| 2. A card with a name on it | Tie |
| 3. A warm family portrait | Tie |
| 4. Food that looks good enough to eat | GPT Image 2.5 Flare |
| 5. A pet portrait | GPT Image 2.5 Flare |
| 6. Something that could never happen | Nano Banana Pro |
| 7. A scene from a dream | Nano Banana Pro |
| 8. A painting in a classic style | Nano Banana Pro |
| Total | GPT Image 2.5 Flare 3 · Nano Banana Pro 3 · 2 ties |
What it costs, in plain words
OpenAI and Google each sell their own plans. In chatmodel, GPT Image 2.5 Flare and Nano Banana Pro are both included in Pro, with every other image model, so you can try the same idea with several of them. See the current prices on the pricing page.
Can you trust the pictures?
Both spelled every word right in our test, but that isn’t guaranteed. Before you print a card or a poster, read every word on it. Look for things you didn’t ask for too: Nano Banana Pro signed its painting with a name that doesn’t exist. And remember the pictures are made up: don’t use them to show something that really happened.
How we tested
We wrote 8 descriptions of the pictures people actually make: a family portrait, food, a poster, a birthday card, a pet, and a few impossible scenes. Both models got exactly the same words, one try each, and we kept the first picture without retouching it. We judged how well each picture followed the description and how good it would look printed or shared.
One try each is a small test: ask again and you’ll get a different picture. Treat the winners as a guide, and try your own idea with both. If you’re choosing between Google’s two versions, see Nano Banana Pro vs Nano Banana 2.
What changed
- First test: GPT Image 2.5 Flare and Nano Banana Pro, 8 descriptions, one try each.