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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite)

Compare Claude Haiku 4.5 (Anthropic) and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite) (Gemini) by price, context, capabilities, and latency.

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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

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Which should you pick?

  • Price: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite) is cheaper ($0.0336 / image per image) vs Claude Haiku 4.5 ($1 / 1M tokens input / $5 / 1M tokens output).
  • Context: Claude Haiku 4.5 has the larger context window (200k tokens).
  • Claude Haiku 4.5 adds: Tool calling, JSON mode, Long context.

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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite) — full comparison

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

ModelProviderInputOutputContextCapabilitiesBest forLatencyStatusSource
Claude Haiku 4.5anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5Anthropic$1 / 1M tokens$5 / 1M tokens200k
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision
image understanding, multimodal chat1327-2183msCatalogPlatform curated
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite)gemini/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-imageGemini$0.0336 / image——
StreamingVision
image understanding, multimodal chat0-0msCatalogPlatform curated

FAQ

Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite) FAQ

Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite) cheaper?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite) is cheaper ($0.0336 / image per image) vs Claude Haiku 4.5 ($1 / 1M tokens input / $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 4.5 or Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite)?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is larger (200k tokens) vs — tokens.

Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite) for Vision: which should I pick?

Both target Vision. Pick Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite) to optimize cost, or Claude Haiku 4.5 for the longer context window. Test both on real prompts before committing production traffic.

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