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Nano Banana Pro is so good that any other attempt feels 1-2 generations behind.
Nano banana pro is almost as good as seedream 4.5!
Seedream 4.5 is almost as good as Seedream 4!
(Realistically, Seedream 4 is the best at aesthetically pleasing generation, Nano Banana Pro is the best at realism and editing, and Seedream 4.5 is a very strong middleground between the two with great pricing)
gpt-image-1.5 feels like OpenAI doing the bare minimum to keep people from switching to Gemini every time they want an image.