Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 16, 2026noindex (thin pair)
This page compares Claude Haiku 4.5 (Anthropic) and Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (Google) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 16, 2026. Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite wins on output price at $1.5/1M. Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has the larger context window (1M tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.
Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic cheap/fast Claude SKU. Official Claude Platform list price $1/$5 per 1M tokens (Anthropic Haiku page).
Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite). Preview until a second source matches.
Instant pairwise benchmark recalculation across 400+ LLMs
Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.
Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy
Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness
Cost per million tokens and max context window length
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No shared data
No shared data
$3.50/1M cheaper
Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.
Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is estimated to save $78.75/month ($945/year).
Need SWE-bench on both sides.
Lower output list price ($1.5/1M).
Need TTFT on both sides.
Larger window (1M).
Claude Haiku 4.5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.
| Target Workload | Recommended Pick | Evaluation Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Repo / coding agents | insufficient data | Need SWE-bench on both sides. |
| High-volume chat | Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Lower output list price ($1.5/1M). |
| Voice / low-latency UI | insufficient data | Need TTFT on both sides. |
| Long-document RAG | Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Larger window (1M). |
| Screenshots / vision | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Claude Haiku 4.5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog. |
$1/$5 hosted Claude vs a cheap long-context open sibling. The alternative-to-Sonnet pair that is honest.
Huge window, cheap hosted lists. The Haiku alternative that is actually open-weight.
Official Anthropic list $1/$5. This is the SKU behind “cheapest Claude alternative” that is still Claude.
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