Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash

Price, context window & benchmark comparison

Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic

$0.10 / $0.50

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Google

$0.82 / $4.13

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

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Verdict: Claude Haiku 5.5 is 8.2× cheaper than Gemini 3.8 Flash on a typical 3:1 input/output mix. Claude Haiku 5.5 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (36.5 vs 30.8). Gemini 3.8 Flash has the larger context window (1M vs 1M).

	Claude Haiku 5.5	Gemini 3.8 Flash
Input price / 1M	$0.10	$0.82
Output price / 1M	$0.50	$4.13
Blended price (3:1)	$0.20	$1.65
Cached input / 1M	$0.01	$0.0825
Context window	1M	1M
Max output	128K	66K
Intelligence index	36.5	30.8
Coding index	—	76.3
Providers	10	7
Best provider uptime (30m)	100.0%	100.0%
Vision input	Yes	Yes
Reasoning	Yes	Yes
Tool calling	Yes	Yes
Released	2026-10-07	2026-09-02
Retirement	—	—

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FAQ

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is 8.2× cheaper than Gemini 3.8 Flash on a typical 3:1 input/output mix.

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash: which has a bigger context window?

Claude Haiku 5.5: 1,000,000 tokens. Gemini 3.8 Flash: 1,048,576 tokens.

How much would 1 million requests cost?

At 2,000 input + 500 output tokens per request: Claude Haiku 5.5 ≈ $450.00, Gemini 3.8 Flash ≈ $3,713.

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