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Model details →Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Google: Nano Banana 2.1
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) is Google's image generation and editing model on the Flash tier, succeeding Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro. It improves product recontextualization,...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 | Google: Nano Banana 2.1 | 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 | $1.50 | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $5.00 | $7.50 | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| 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 2.1?
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 and Google: Nano Banana 2.1?
Input: $1.00 vs $1.50 per 1M tokens. Output: $5.00 vs $7.50 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 and Google: Nano Banana 2.1 support?
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 supports up to 200K tokens. Google: Nano Banana 2.1 supports up to 66K tokens.
Do both Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 and Google: Nano Banana 2.1 support tool calling?
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5: yes. Google: Nano Banana 2.1: yes.