About ~2 weeks since Nano Banana Pro launched, we obviously had our fun with it and I use it to generate random things every day because its SO GOOD.

But Flux.2 Pro launched last week and the benchmarks are comparable.

And people have been having a lot of fun with it. So I had to put it to test.

Before that. here’s what happened this week:

1. Magai - One subscription ($19/mo) gets you ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DALL-E, and 80+ other models in a single interface. Stop juggling tabs and paying for five different AI subscriptions.

2. Otio - Drop in PDFs, YouTube videos, or articles, and it auto-generates summaries plus lets you chat with your sources like they're a person. Researchers are using this to turn 2-hour videos into 10-minute insights.

3. Alter - Native Mac AI that lives in your notch and sees your screen context—automatically picks the best model for each task (Claude for writing, Gemini for search) and responds 2-3x faster than ChatGPT. Finally feels like AI built into macOS.

I tested both the models for a few things, most notably face/identity recognition, text and logo rendering and world aesthetic as these are usually hard to get right even today…or so i thought.

Test 1: Put me on a dragon. Full GoT vibe.

This is a classic, surely the models won’t mess this up?

Prompt: Access the prompt guide here

Results:

Flux 2:

⦁ Beautiful. Cinematic. Dramatic lighting.
⦁ Generic brown guy on a dragon.
⦁ The face…🤷🏻
⦁ Didn’t get the logos at all.

Nano Banana Pro:

⦁ Got my face. Got the kurta. And those three AI logos on the dragon.

Identity recognition isn't even close.

Winner: Nano Banana Pro.

Test 2: Levitating auto-rickshaw

Coz why not.

Prompt: Access here

Results:

Both got the text right. Both the street sign and the license plate.

Evening time, casting shadows on the road. Got the instructions right.

But Nano Banana blows Flux away. People in the flux output are looking UP but the rickshaw has barely gotten off the ground.

Winner: Nano Banana Pro

Test 3: Vegan Indian café menu

Prompt: Access here

Results:

Surely there’s gonna be a unanimous opinion on this one?

Winner: Nano Banana Pro

Test 4: Self-report infographic

Prompt: Access here.

I made this one easy. Gave all the data in the detailed prompt.

Results:

Flux output includes a “Evolution of AI BECFG”. Flubbed it. Sorry boss

Winner: Nano Banana Pro.

None of the "depends on your use case." with this one.

Flux is really good with environments, creating a mood/vibe but that’s really it. It’s not quite the all round model the likes of Nano Banana Pro are, yet.

Though in its defense, Flux is way faster and cheaper. And it’s open source which is amazing.

But that gets irrelevant fast if you can’t go toe-to-toe with the output quality.

For now, Nano Banana Pro remains the undisputed champion.

Here’s a tough ask: try both models yourself and reply with an output flux 2 did a better job at than Nano Banana and I might just feature it in the next edition.

Until next time,
Vaibhav 🤝🏻

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