Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Claude Haiku 4.5 vs o4-mini
Gemini 2.5 Pro comes out ahead, 63 to 59 and 58 on our weighted score, though o4-mini is 44% cheaper per token.
- Our pick
GoogleGemini 2.5 Pro
63/100- ECI145.3
- Price$1.25 / $10.00
- Context1.05M
AnthropicClaude Haiku 4.5
58/100- ECI142.4
- Price$1.00 / $5.00
- Context200K
OpenAIo4-mini
59/100- ECI145.6
- Price$1.10 / $4.40
- Context200K
Gemini 2.5 Pro is our pick
Gemini 2.5 Pro is the better all-round choice, scoring 63/100 against o4-mini (59) and Claude Haiku 4.5 (58). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- Capabilityo4-miniCapabilities Index (ECI): o4-mini 145.6 · Gemini 2.5 Pro 145.3 · Claude Haiku 4.5 142.4
- Lowest priceo4-minio4-mini $1.93 · Claude Haiku 4.5 $2.00 · Gemini 2.5 Pro $3.44 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 Pro 1,048,576 · Claude Haiku 4.5 200,000 · o4-mini 200,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 Pro: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Claude Haiku 4.5: Text, Images, PDFs · o4-mini: Text, Images
- Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Claude Haiku 4.5 | o4-mini |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 72 | 69 | 73 |
| Price | 25% | 24 | 36 | 36 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 100 | 80 | 70 |
| Context window | 10% | 61 | 32 | 32 |
| Overall | 100% | 63/100 | 58/100 | 59/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | o4-miniOpenAI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 145.3 | 142.4 | 145.6 (best) |
| ECI rank | #78 of 148 | #90 of 148 | #76 of 148 (best) |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 85.3% (best) | 71.2% | 79.6% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 24.6% | — | 36.1% (best) |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 84.7% (best) | 66.7% | 81.7% |
| SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues | 57.6% | — | — |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | — | 13.2% | 19.6% (best) |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $1.25 | $1.00 (best) | $1.10 |
| Output | $10.00 | $5.00 | $4.40 (best) |
| Cached input | $0.125 | $0.10 (best) | $0.275 |
| Blended (3:1) | $3.44 | $2.00 | $1.93 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Over 200K: $2.50 / $15.00 | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Google API | Official Anthropic API | Official OpenAI API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 200,000 tokens | 200,000 tokens |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens | 64,000 tokens | 100,000 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | Yes | No |
| Audio | Yes | No | No |
| Video | Yes | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes | Yeslow · medium · high |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | gemini-2.5-pro | claude-haiku-4-5 | o4-mini |
| API providers | 22 | 34 (best) | 19 |
| Released | Jun 17, 2025 | Oct 15, 2025 | Apr 16, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jan 2025 | Feb 28, 2025 | May 2024 |
What would a month cost?
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- Gemini 2.5 Pro$32.50
- Claude Haiku 4.5$20.00
- o4-mini$19.80
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude Haiku 4.5 or o4-mini?
Gemini 2.5 Pro is the better all-round choice, scoring 63/100 against o4-mini (59) and Claude Haiku 4.5 (58). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude Haiku 4.5 or o4-mini?
o4-mini is cheaper at $1.10 input / $4.40 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price); Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 input / $10.00 output per million tokens (official Google API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.93 per million tokens for o4-mini versus $2.00 for Claude Haiku 4.5 (1× as much) and $3.44 for Gemini 2.5 Pro (1.8× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
o4-mini scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): o4-mini 145.6 (#76 of 148), Gemini 2.5 Pro 145.3 (#78 of 148) and Claude Haiku 4.5 142.4 (#90 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (143.0–147.4 vs 143.6–146.9), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Gemini 2.5 Pro 85.3%, o4-mini 79.6%, Claude Haiku 4.5 71.2%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Gemini 2.5 Pro 84.7%, o4-mini 81.7%, Claude Haiku 4.5 66.7%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Claude Haiku 4.5 and o4-mini yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, o4-mini leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 2.5 Pro has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 200,000 for Claude Haiku 4.5 and 200,000 for o4-mini. Maximum output per response: Gemini 2.5 Pro up to 65,536, Claude Haiku 4.5 up to 64,000, o4-mini up to 100,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Gemini 2.5 Pro accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts text, images and PDFs; o4-mini accepts text and images. Gemini 2.5 Pro handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude Haiku 4.5 and o4-mini 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 Pro came out Jun 17, 2025; o4-mini came out Apr 16, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 2.5 Pro Jan 2025, Claude Haiku 4.5 Feb 28, 2025, o4-mini May 2024.
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 Oct 4, 2026.
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