Gemini's NanoBanana Image Generation Mode Arrives: Outperforms GPT-5 for Scientific Mechanism Diagrams

Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash, featuring the new NanoBanana image generation model, proves highly effective for creating detailed scientific mechanism diagrams. This article demonstrates its use for a complex AMPK signaling pathway illustration, comparing the results directly against GPT-5. While GPT-5 produces clear, intuitive diagrams ideal for teaching, Gemini's output offers greater professional depth and spatial context, making it potentially more suitable for research publications.

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