Qwen3 Max vs Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Claude Haiku 4.5
Gemini 2.5 Pro comes out ahead, 63 to 58 and 50 on our weighted score, though Claude Haiku 4.5 is 42% cheaper per token.
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3 Max
50/100- ECI142.4
- Price$1.20 / $6.00
- Context262K
- 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
Gemini 2.5 Pro is our pick
Gemini 2.5 Pro is the better all-round choice, scoring 63/100 against Claude Haiku 4.5 (58) and Qwen3 Max (50). It leads on capability, inputs & features and context window. Claude Haiku 4.5 wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityGemini 2.5 ProCapabilities Index (ECI): Gemini 2.5 Pro 145.3 · Claude Haiku 4.5 142.4 · Qwen3 Max 142.4
- Lowest priceClaude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5 $2.00 · Qwen3 Max $2.40 · Gemini 2.5 Pro $3.44 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 Pro 1,048,576 · Qwen3 Max 262,144 · Claude Haiku 4.5 200,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGemini 2.5 ProQwen3 Max: Text · Gemini 2.5 Pro: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Claude Haiku 4.5: Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | Qwen3 Max | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 68 | 72 | 69 |
| Price | 25% | 32 | 24 | 36 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 25 | 100 | 80 |
| Context window | 10% | 37 | 61 | 32 |
| Overall | 100% | 50/100 | 63/100 | 58/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Qwen3 MaxAlibaba (Qwen) | Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 142.4 | 145.3 (best) | 142.4 |
| ECI rank | #91 of 148 | #78 of 148 (best) | #90 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 72.6% | 85.3% (best) | 71.2% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 19.0% | 24.6% (best) | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 73.3% | 84.7% (best) | 66.7% |
| SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues | — | 57.6% | — |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 48.8% (best) | — | 13.2% |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $1.20 | $1.25 | $1.00 (best) |
| Output | $6.00 | $10.00 | $5.00 (best) |
| Cached input | — | $0.125 | $0.10 (best) |
| Blended (3:1) | $2.40 | $3.44 | $2.00 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Over 200K: $2.50 / $15.00 | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Alibaba API | Official Google API | Official Anthropic API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 200,000 tokens |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens (best) | 65,536 tokens (best) | 64,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | Yes | Yes |
| Audio | No | Yes | No |
| Video | No | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | qwen3-max | gemini-2.5-pro | claude-haiku-4-5 |
| API providers | 16 | 22 | 34 (best) |
| Released | Sep 23, 2025 | Jun 17, 2025 | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Apr 2025 | Jan 2025 | Feb 28, 2025 |
What would a month cost?
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- Qwen3 Max$24.00
- Gemini 2.5 Pro$32.50
- Claude Haiku 4.5$20.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Qwen3 Max, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Claude Haiku 4.5?
Gemini 2.5 Pro is the better all-round choice, scoring 63/100 against Claude Haiku 4.5 (58) and Qwen3 Max (50). It leads on capability, inputs & features and context window. Claude Haiku 4.5 wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Max, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Claude Haiku 4.5?
Claude Haiku 4.5 is cheaper at $1.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). Qwen3 Max costs $1.20 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (official Alibaba 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 $2.00 per million tokens for Claude Haiku 4.5 versus $2.40 for Qwen3 Max (1.2× as much) and $3.44 for Gemini 2.5 Pro (1.7× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Gemini 2.5 Pro scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Gemini 2.5 Pro 145.3 (#78 of 148), Claude Haiku 4.5 142.4 (#90 of 148) and Qwen3 Max 142.4 (#91 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (143.6–146.9 vs 139.5–144.3), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Gemini 2.5 Pro 85.3%, Qwen3 Max 72.6%, Claude Haiku 4.5 71.2%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Gemini 2.5 Pro 84.7%, Qwen3 Max 73.3%, Claude Haiku 4.5 66.7%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3 Max and Claude Haiku 4.5 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Gemini 2.5 Pro 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 262,144 for Qwen3 Max and 200,000 for Claude Haiku 4.5. Maximum output per response: Qwen3 Max up to 65,536, Gemini 2.5 Pro up to 65,536, Claude Haiku 4.5 up to 64,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Qwen3 Max accepts text; Gemini 2.5 Pro accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts text, images and PDFs. Gemini 2.5 Pro handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. Qwen3 Max, Gemini 2.5 Pro 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. Qwen3 Max came out Sep 23, 2025; Gemini 2.5 Pro came out Jun 17, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen3 Max Apr 2025, Gemini 2.5 Pro 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 Oct 4, 2026.
