In short
How they differ.
Worked out from the figures below. Prices and specs are the makers' own, read Oct 20, 2026.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper per output token: $0.50 against $2.50 per million tokens, so Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs 5 times as much.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite reads more at once: a context window of 1M tokens against 1M.
- No independent board we follow ranks both models yet.
Side by side
The specs.
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Anthropic · US | Google · US |
| Released | Oct 7, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Price per 1M tokens | $0.10 in / $0.50 out | $0.30 in / $2.50 out |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Takes in | text, image | text, image, video, audio, pdf |
| Download and run it yourself | No | No |
| Size | Not published | Not published |
| Maker says | “For high-volume, latency-sensitive tasks such as classification, extraction, and routing” | “Our fastest, most cost-effective 3.5 model for high-throughput execution.” |
| Sources | Prices, Oct 20, 2026 · Description | Prices, Oct 20, 2026 · Description |
Independent tests
Where they place.
Position on each board we follow (1 is best). Epoch AI's and Vectara's scores are shown; the other boards are linked for their own figures.
| Board | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities IndexEpoch AI, Oct 20, 2026 | #14158.98 | Not listed |
| SWE-Bench ProScale AI, Sep 22, 2026 | #16 | Not listed |
| MultiChallengeScale AI, Feb 3, 2026 | #6 | Not listed |
| Vals IndexVals AI, Oct 19, 2026 | #10 | Not listed |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0Vals AI, Oct 19, 2026 | #15 | Not listed |
| Vibe Code BenchVals AI, Oct 18, 2026 | #3 | Not listed |
| ProofBenchVals AI, Oct 12, 2026 | #11 | Not listed |
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