# Nano Banana Pro aka gemini-3-pro-image-preview is the best available image generation model

<https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/20/nano-banana-pro/#atom-everything>

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## What Jamie wrote

Willison has an initial take on Gemini 3 Pro's "Nano Banana" image generation. I've now used this as well for a few tests as well as a recent [POAP I made](https://poap.gallery/drops/214723). I've done a lot of image generation with ChatGPT and DALL-E, and so far Nano Banana definitely does a better job. The larger sizes are a nice addition, and it generally has gotten the images better and seems to show a better understanding of the prompts. I have seen it give me the same image back when I ask for edits and I've had to ask it to try again. Like other AI image generators I find it gets confused after several iterations and I need to start a new conversation with a fresh prompt. Also see [Google suggestions on using Nano Banana](https://blog.google/products/gemini/prompting-tips-nano-banana-pro/).

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