Model comparison

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2)

Compare Claude Haiku 5.5 (Anthropic) and Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) (Gemini) by price, context, capabilities, and latency.

Price deadline

Gemini Flash prices rise Jan 1, 2027

Per Google's published pricing page, Gemini Flash input prices double on Jan 1, 2027. The same workload runs an order of magnitude cheaper on DeepSeek and GLM. Source: Google pricing Full price breakdown

Budget control

Worried about runaway spend? Every API key supports a monthly hard cap.

Which should you pick?

  • Price: Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) is cheaper ($0.151 / image per image) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 ($0.1 / 1M tokens input / $0.5 / 1M tokens output).
  • Context: Claude Haiku 5.5 has the larger context window (1M tokens).
  • Claude Haiku 5.5 adds: Tool calling, JSON mode, Long context.

Side by side

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) — full comparison

Compare price, provider, context, capabilities, latency, and source basis.

ModelProviderInputOutputContextCapabilitiesBest forLatencyStatusSource
Claude Haiku 5.5anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5AnthropicStarting at $0.1 / 1M tokens$0.5 / 1M tokens1M
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision
image understanding, multimodal chat1321-2017msCatalogPlatform curated
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2)gemini/gemini-3.1-flash-imageGemini$0.151 / image——
StreamingVision
image understanding, multimodal chat0-0msCatalogPlatform curated

FAQ

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) FAQ

Is Claude Haiku 5.5 or Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) cheaper?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) is cheaper ($0.151 / image per image) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 ($0.1 / 1M tokens input / $0.5 / 1M tokens output). Actual cost depends on your input/output token mix — estimate it with the pricing calculator.

Which has a larger context window, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2)?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is larger (1M tokens) vs — tokens.

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) for Vision: which should I pick?

Both target Vision. Pick Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) to optimize cost, or Claude Haiku 5.5 for the longer context window. Test both on real prompts before committing production traffic.