Claude Opus 4.5 (latest) vs Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: API price and specs

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is 98% cheaper than Claude Opus 4.5 (latest) on input price.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is 98% cheaper than Claude Opus 4.5 (latest) on output price.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is 98% cheaper than Claude Opus 4.5 (latest) on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has a 900% larger context than Claude Opus 4.5 (latest).

Field	Claude Opus 4.5 (latest)	Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
Lowest input, per 1M	$2.50 +4707.7%	$0.052
Median input, per 1M	$5.00 +6566.7%	$0.075
Lowest output, per 1M	$12.50 +5852.4%	$0.21
Median output, per 1M	$25.00 +8233.3%	$0.30
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$5.00 +5219.1%	$0.094
Context	200K +90%	2M
Max output	66K	8K +87.5%
Providers	30	3 +90%
Regions	EU, GLOBAL, US	—
Accepts	application/pdf, file, image, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, pdf, text	audio, image, text, video
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	openrouter	poe

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

302ai, google-vertex, poe

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.5 (latest) or Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is 98% cheaper than Claude Opus 4.5 (latest) on input price. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is 98% cheaper than Claude Opus 4.5 (latest) on output price. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is 98% cheaper than Claude Opus 4.5 (latest) on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Claude Opus 4.5 (latest) or Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite?

Claude Opus 4.5 (latest): 200K tokens; Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 2M tokens.

Where can I use both Claude Opus 4.5 (latest) and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite?

302ai, google-vertex, poe