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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite

Claude Haiku 4.5 grades higher overall (57.0 against 54.4). Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite costs 72% 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 3.1 Flash Lite

by Google · #46 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
1M
Input / 1M
$0.25
Output / 1M
$1.50

Better overall

Claude Haiku 4.5

Grade 57.0 vs 54.4

Cheaper

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite

72% less, $0.56 vs $2.00 blended

Larger context

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite

195K vs 1M tokens

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 3.1 Flash LiteGemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 1,433
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
Claude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5: 1,330
Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 1,256
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Claude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5: 1,482
Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 1,458
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Oct 15, 2025 · reference
Claude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5: 73.3%v
Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGemini 3.1 Flash Lite: —

Claude Haiku 4.5Gemini 3.1 Flash Litev = 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 3.1 Flash Lite$110 /month

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite saves you $290 a month at this usage, $3,480 a year.

At a glance

AttributeClaude Haiku 4.5Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Made byAnthropicGoogle
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeStrong · 57.0Good · 54.4
Overall rank#42 of 67#46 of 67
Input price$1.00 per 1M$0.25 per 1M
Output price$5.00 per 1M$1.50 per 1M
Context window200,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Reasoning levelsYesYes
Reads imagesYesYes
Model IDclaude-haiku-4-5gemini-3.1-flash-lite

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-3.1-flash-lite", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better?

Claude Haiku 4.5 grades 57.0 against 54.4 for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite, from public benchmarks.

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: $0.25 in and $1.50 out per million tokens, against $1.00 and $5.00 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite, 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.