Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemini 2.5 Flash leads with 5.3% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 2.5 Flash offers 744.2K more tokens in context window than Claude Haiku 4.5. Gemini 2.5 Flash is $5.25 cheaper per million tokens. Overall, Gemini 2.5 Flash is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5, released by Anthropic in October 2025, is a fast, efficient large language model from the Claude 4.5 family optimized for high-throughput, low-latency workloads. It features a 200K token context window, 64K maximum output tokens, native image understanding, and extended thinking capabilities. Haiku 4.5 targets latency-sensitive applications such as real-time assistants, document classification, and lightweight agentic tasks where rapid response times are a primary requirement.
Google DeepMind
Gemini 2.5 Flash, released by Google in June 2025, is a large language model from the Gemini 2.5 family optimized for high-throughput, cost-efficient deployments with multimodal reasoning. It features a 1M token context window, hybrid thinking control, and native support for text, image, video, and audio input. Gemini 2.5 Flash targets latency-sensitive applications, document analysis, and high-volume API workloads that benefit from combined reasoning and generation in a single model.
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Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google DeepMind
2025-06-17

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
2025-10-01
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Haiku 4.5
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
Claude Haiku 4.5
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
Claude Haiku 4.5
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Claude Haiku 4.5
2025-02
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
AWS Bedrock
Google Cloud Vertex AI
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Claude Haiku 4.5
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Claude Haiku 4.5
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google Cloud Vertex AI