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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

Compare pricing, context limits, supported inputs and deployment options to choose a model for your workflow.

Claude Haiku 4.5 from Anthropic lists 200K context, 64K maximum output, $1.00 input per 1M tokens, $5.00 output per 1M tokens. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview from Google lists 1.05M context, 65.54K maximum output, $0.25 input per 1M tokens, $1.50 output per 1M tokens. Compare the inputs, outputs and deployment options below to see which fits your workflow.

Side-by-sideCapabilities and practical differences

Anthropic

Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Haiku 4.5 from Anthropic: Fast Claude model for responsive assistance, classification, and lightweight agents.

Context
200K
Max output
64K
Input / 1M tokens
$1.00
Output / 1M tokens
$5.00

Accepts

  • Text input
  • Image input
  • PDF input

Produces

  • Text output
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Google

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview from Google: Low-latency Gemini model for high-volume multimodal and agent workloads.

Context
1.05M
Max output
65.54K
Input / 1M tokens
$0.25
Output / 1M tokens
$1.50

Accepts

  • Text input
  • Image input
  • Video input
  • Audio input
  • PDF input

Produces

  • Text output
Full model profilegithub.com ↗

At a glance

Key differences

Compare the available figures below, then try both models on the work you need to do.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

  • Context capacity: 1.05M
  • Maximum output: 65.54K
  • Input price: $0.25
  • Output price: $1.50

Context capacity

Higher listed limit

Claude Haiku 4.5:200K

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview:1.05M

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

Maximum output

Higher listed limit

Claude Haiku 4.5:64K

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview:65.54K

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

Input price

Lower listed token rate

Claude Haiku 4.5:$1.00

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview:$0.25

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

Output price

Lower listed token rate

Claude Haiku 4.5:$5.00

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview:$1.50

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

Specifications

Pricing, limits and capabilities

Specifications for Claude Haiku 4.5 and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview. Higher limits and lower prices describe these figures only.
SpecificationClaude Haiku 4.5Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Listed pricing routeAnthropicGoogle
Model familyclaude-haikugemini-flash-lite
Accepted inputstext, image, pdftext, image, video, audio, pdf
Produced outputstexttext
Context window200K1.05MHigher
Max output64K65.54KHigher
Input price / 1M$1.00$0.25Lower
Output price / 1M$5.00$1.50Lower
Reasoning modeDocumentedDocumented
Tool callingDocumentedDocumented
Image inputDocumentedDocumented
Audio inputNot documentedDocumented
Structured outputNot documentedDocumented
LicenseProprietaryProprietary

Workload guidance

Which model should you choose?

Consider Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview if you need larger context or larger maximum output or a lower listed input rate or a lower listed output rate. Test both on the same representative examples and judge the output against your acceptance criteria. Include tool failures, retries and the time to a completed task.

Documentation and model profiles

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Questions people ask

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