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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

How do these models stack up? Below is an expert side-by-side comparison of specifications, context window capacity, live pricing per million tokens, and standardized benchmark scores for Claude Haiku 4.5 and Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image).

Anthropic

Claude Haiku 4.5

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...

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Google

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) is Google's fastest, most cost-efficient Gemini image model, built for high-velocity developer pipelines and rapid-fire visual exploration. It delivers text-to-image generation...

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Technical Specifications

SpecificationClaude Haiku 4.5Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Context Window200,000 tokens65,536 tokens
Agent Suitability87/100N/A
Time to First Token (TTFT)180 msN/A
Deployment Modelmanaged apimanaged api
Production Stabilitystablestable
API AvailableYesYes
Released Date2025-10-152026-06-30

API Pricing Comparison

Input Price per Million Tokens

Claude Haiku 4.5

$1.00

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

$0.25

Output Price per Million Tokens

Claude Haiku 4.5

$5.00

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

$1.50

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Benchmark Performance Metrics

Scores show the raw performance percentages verified across key evaluation suites. Higher bars indicate superior accuracy and capability in that domain.

MMLUGeneral knowledge & multi-task understanding
8480.0%vsN/A
Claude Haiku 4.5
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
HumanEvalPython coding & logic synthesis
8600.0%vsN/A
Claude Haiku 4.5
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
MATHComplex mathematical problem solving
7500.0%vsN/A
Claude Haiku 4.5
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
GPQAGraduate-level expert reasoning
5500.0%vsN/A
Claude Haiku 4.5
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
HellaSwagCommonsense reasoning and inference
9350.0%vsN/A
Claude Haiku 4.5
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
MT-BenchMulti-turn conversation flow quality
890.0%vsN/A
Claude Haiku 4.5
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

Claude Haiku 4.5 Quirks & Gotchas

  • ▸Fastest TTFT in the Claude lineup — ideal for real-time chat
  • ▸Tool calling limited compared to Sonnet — best for simple classification and routing

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) Quirks & Gotchas

No developer gotchas reported.