Claude Haiku 4.5 is Anthropic’s fastest and most efficient model, delivering near-frontier intelligence at a fraction of the cost and latency of larger Claude models. Matching Claude Sonnet 4’s performance across reasoning, coding, and comp…
Model details →Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 and Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview, a.k.a. "Nano Banana 2," is Google’s latest state of the art image generation and editing model, delivering Pro-level visual quality at Flash speed. It combines advanced contextual understanding with fast, cos…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 | Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 200K | 66K | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $1.00 | $0.50 | 🏆 Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $5.00 | $3.00 | 🏆 Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | — | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 better than Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)?
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 and Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
What's the price difference between Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 and Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)?
Input: $1.00 vs $0.50 per 1M tokens. Output: $5.00 vs $3.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 and Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) support?
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 supports up to 200K tokens. Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) supports up to 66K tokens.
Do both Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 and Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) support tool calling?
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5: yes. Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview): not advertised.