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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro

Close to a tie overall. Claude Haiku 4.5 costs 42% less for the same work.

Claude Haiku 4.5

by Anthropic · #42 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
195K
Input / 1M
$1.00
Output / 1M
$5.00

Gemini 2.5 Pro

by Google · #44 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
1M
Input / 1M
$1.25
Output / 1M
$10.00

Better overall

About even

Grade 57.0 vs 55.6

Cheaper

Claude Haiku 4.5

42% less, $2.00 vs $3.44 blended

Larger context

Gemini 2.5 Pro

195K vs 1M tokens

SWE-bench Verified

Claude Haiku 4.5

73.3% vs 59.6%

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Claude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5: 1,414
Gemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 Pro: 1,445
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
Claude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5: 1,330
Gemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 Pro: 1,226
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Claude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5: 1,482
Gemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 Pro: 1,464
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Oct 15, 2025 · reference

Claude Haiku 4.5Gemini 2.5 Prov = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

Claude Haiku 4.5$400 /month
Gemini 2.5 Pro$650 /month

Claude Haiku 4.5 saves you $250 a month at this usage, $3,000 a year.

At a glance

AttributeClaude Haiku 4.5Gemini 2.5 Pro
Made byAnthropicGoogle
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeStrong · 57.0Strong · 55.6
Overall rank#42 of 67#44 of 67
Input price$1.00 per 1M$1.25 per 1M
Output price$5.00 per 1M$10.00 per 1M
Context window200,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Reasoning levelsYesYes
Reads imagesYesYes
Model IDclaude-haiku-4-5gemini-2.5-pro

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "claude-haiku-4-5", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "gemini-2.5-pro", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or Gemini 2.5 Pro better?

They grade within two points of each other (57.0 and 55.6), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Gemini 2.5 Pro?

Claude Haiku 4.5: $1.00 in and $5.00 out per million tokens, against $1.25 and $10.00 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Pro, with 1,000,000 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), SWE-bench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.