Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) vs Gemini 3 Flash: API price and specs

Gemini 3 Flash is 50% cheaper than Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) on input price.

Gemini 3 Flash is 40% cheaper than Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) on output price.

Gemini 3 Flash is 45% cheaper than Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Gemini 3 Flash has a 424.3% larger context than Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest).

Field	Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest)	Gemini 3 Flash
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.50 +100%	$0.25
Median input, per 1M	$1.00 +100%	$0.50
Lowest output, per 1M	$2.50 +66.7%	$1.50
Median output, per 1M	$5.00 +66.7%	$3.00
Lowest unit price	$0.001 / request	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$1.00 +81.8%	$0.55
Context	200K +80.9%	1M
Max output	64K +2.3%	66K
Providers	34	4 +88.2%
Regions	APAC, AU, EU, GLOBAL, IN, JP, US	—
Accepts	application/pdf, file, image, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, pdf, text	audio, image, pdf, text, video
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	openrouter	vercel

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

aiml, opencode, poe, vercel

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) or Gemini 3 Flash?

Gemini 3 Flash is 50% cheaper than Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) on input price. Gemini 3 Flash is 40% cheaper than Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) on output price. Gemini 3 Flash is 45% cheaper than Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) or Gemini 3 Flash?

Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest): 200K tokens; Gemini 3 Flash: 1M tokens.

Where can I use both Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) and Gemini 3 Flash?

aiml, opencode, poe, vercel