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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Claude Haiku 4.5

Gemini 2.5 Flash comes out ahead, 66 to 57 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Google

    Gemini 2.5 Flash

    Released Jun 17, 2025

    66/100
    • ECI140.6
    • Price$0.30 / $2.50
    • Context1.05M
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  2. Anthropic

    Claude Haiku 4.5

    Released Oct 15, 2025

    57/100
    • ECI142.2
    • Price$1.00 / $5.00
    • Context200K
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01 — Verdict

Gemini 2.5 Flash is our pick

Gemini 2.5 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 66/100 against Claude Haiku 4.5 (57). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. Claude Haiku 4.5 wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityClaude Haiku 4.5Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Haiku 4.5 142.2 · Gemini 2.5 Flash 140.6
  • Lowest priceGemini 2.5 FlashGemini 2.5 Flash $0.85 · Claude Haiku 4.5 $2.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGemini 2.5 FlashGemini 2.5 Flash 1,048,576 · Claude Haiku 4.5 200,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 2.5 FlashGemini 2.5 Flash: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Claude Haiku 4.5: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGemini 2.5 FlashClaude Haiku 4.5
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%6567
Price25%5134
Inputs & features15%10080
Context window10%6132
Overall100%66/10057/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Claude Haiku 4.5 specifications side by side
SpecificationGemini 2.5 FlashGoogleClaude Haiku 4.5Anthropic
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)140.6142.2 (best)
ECI rank#110 of 165#102 of 165 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions—71.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics—66.7%
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions—13.2%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.30 (best)$1.00
Output$2.50 (best)$5.00
Cached input$0.03 (best)$0.10
Blended (3:1)$0.85 (best)$2.00
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Google APIOfficial Anthropic API
Limits
Context window1,048,576 tokens (best)200,000 tokens
Max output65,536 tokens (best)64,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesYes
PDFsYesYes
AudioYesNo
VideoYesNo
ReasoningYesYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
API model IDgemini-2.5-flashclaude-haiku-4-5
API providers3248 (best)
ReleasedJun 17, 2025Oct 15, 2025
Knowledge cutoffJan 2025Feb 28, 2025
03 — Cost

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  • Gemini 2.5 Flash$8.00
  • Claude Haiku 4.5$20.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Gemini 2.5 Flash or Claude Haiku 4.5?

Gemini 2.5 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 66/100 against Claude Haiku 4.5 (57). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. Claude Haiku 4.5 wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash or Claude Haiku 4.5?

Gemini 2.5 Flash is cheaper at $0.30 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (official Google API price). Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.85 per million tokens for Gemini 2.5 Flash versus $2.00 for Claude Haiku 4.5 (2.4× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 4.5 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Haiku 4.5 142.2 (#102 of 165) and Gemini 2.5 Flash 140.6 (#110 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (139.4–143.9 vs 138.4–142.1), so treat the gap as small.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Gemini 2.5 Flash and Claude Haiku 4.5 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Claude Haiku 4.5 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 200,000 for Claude Haiku 4.5. Maximum output per response: Gemini 2.5 Flash up to 65,536, Claude Haiku 4.5 up to 64,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Gemini 2.5 Flash accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts text, images and PDFs. Gemini 2.5 Flash handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

No. Gemini 2.5 Flash and Claude Haiku 4.5 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.

Which is newer?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is the newest, released Oct 15, 2025. Gemini 2.5 Flash came out Jun 17, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 2.5 Flash Jan 2025, Claude Haiku 4.5 Feb 28, 2025.

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.

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