Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Claude Haiku 3.5 vs Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite comes out ahead, 72 to 49 and 40 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
- Our pick
GoogleGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
72/100- ECI—
- Price$0.064 / $0.255
- Context1.05M
AnthropicClaude Haiku 3.5
49/100- ECI127.0
- Price$0.80 / $4.00
- Context200K
MetaLlama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct
40/100- ECI125.5
- Price—
- Context128K
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is our pick
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Claude Haiku 3.5 (49) and Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct (40). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite $0.111 · Claude Haiku 3.5 $1.60 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct unpriced
- Longest contextGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite 1,048,576 · Claude Haiku 3.5 200,000 · Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct 128,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Claude Haiku 3.5: Text, Images, PDFs · Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct: Text, Images
- Self-hostingLlama-3.2-90B-Vision-InstructPublishes downloadable weights (Llama 3.2 Community License)
| Measure | Weight | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Claude Haiku 3.5 | Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 80 | 60 | 50 |
| Context window | 40% | 61 | 32 | 24 |
| Overall | 100% | 72/100 | 49/100 | 40/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGoogle | Claude Haiku 3.5Anthropic | Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-InstructMeta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | 127.0 (best) | 125.5 |
| ECI rank | — | #147 of 165 (best) | #150 of 165 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | — | 38.1% | 41.0% (best) |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | — | 4.3% (best) | 2.6% |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.064 (best) | $0.80 | — |
| Output | $0.255 (best) | $4.00 | — |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.111 (best) | $1.60 | — |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | — |
| Price source | Median of 2 providers | Median of 3 providers | — |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 200,000 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Max output | 8,192 tokens (best) | 8,192 tokens (best) | 4,096 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | Yes | No |
| Audio | Yes | No | No |
| Video | Yes | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | OpenLlama 3.2 Community License |
| API model ID | — | — | — |
| API providers | 3 | 4 (best) | 1 |
| Released | Dec 11, 2024 | Oct 22, 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jun 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | Dec 2023 |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite$1.15
- Claude Haiku 3.5$16.00
- Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct—
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite, Claude Haiku 3.5 or Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Claude Haiku 3.5 (49) and Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct (40). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite, Claude Haiku 3.5 or Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is cheaper at $0.064 input / $0.255 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). Claude Haiku 3.5 costs $0.80 input / $4.00 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.111 per million tokens for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite versus $1.60 for Claude Haiku 3.5 (14× as much). Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has not been scored yet, Claude Haiku 3.5 has an ECI of 127.0 and Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct has an ECI of 125.5.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite, Claude Haiku 3.5 and Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 200,000 for Claude Haiku 3.5 and 128,000 for Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct. Maximum output per response: Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite up to 8,192, Claude Haiku 3.5 up to 8,192, Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct up to 4,096 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Claude Haiku 3.5 accepts text, images and PDFs; Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct accepts text and images. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct publishes its weights (Llama 3.2 Community License) and can be self-hosted; Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Claude Haiku 3.5 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the newest, released Dec 11, 2024. Claude Haiku 3.5 came out Oct 22, 2024; Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct came out Sep 25, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Jun 2024, Claude Haiku 3.5 Jul 31, 2024, Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct Dec 2023.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.
