Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)
Compare Claude Haiku 4.5 by Anthropic against Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) by Google AI, context windows of 200K vs 1.0M, tested across 12 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.
Which is better, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)?
Claude Haiku 4.5 and Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) are both competitive models. Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1/M input tokens vs $0.15/M for Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking). Context windows: 200K vs 1049K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Claude Haiku 4.5 and Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)
Claude Haiku 4.5 is made by anthropic while Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) is from google. Claude Haiku 4.5 has a 200K token context window compared to Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)'s 1049K. On pricing, Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1/M input tokens vs $0.15/M for Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking).
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Haiku 4.5 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Style Comparison
Claude Haiku 4.5 uses 64.1x more hedging
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