Model comparison Synced Apr 6, 2026

Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)

Side-by-side comparison of Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku and Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview). Compare pricing, context window, capabilities, and find out which is better for your workflow.

Verdict

strong confidence

Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) leads overall

Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) leads in price and max output, making it the stronger choice for most workflows. Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku remains competitive with advantages in context window.

Best for with Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku

Long document processing

Best for with Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)

Budget-conscious workflowsLong-form content generation

Side-by-side

Technical specifications

	Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku	Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)
Provider	Anthropic	Google
Input price	$0.80/M	$0.50/M
Output price	$4/M	$3/M
Context window	200K	66K
Max output	8K	66K
Capabilities	Tool useVision	VisionReasoning
Released	Nov 3, 2024	Feb 26, 2026

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Scoring breakdown

How each dimension compares

Price

Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) leads

Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku

$4/M tokens