Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
Side-by-side comparison of Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 and Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image). Compare pricing, context window, capabilities, and find out which is better for your workflow.
Verdict
strong confidenceAnthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 leads overall
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 leads in context window and capabilities and max output, making it the stronger choice for most workflows. Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) remains competitive with advantages in price.
Best for with Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5
Best for with Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
Side-by-side
Technical specifications
| Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 | Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Input price | $1/M | $0.30/M |
| Output price | $5/M | $3/M |
| Context window | 200K | 33K |
| Max output | 64K | 33K |
| Capabilities | Tool useVisionReasoning | Vision |
| Released | Oct 15, 2025 | Oct 7, 2025 |
Scoring breakdown
How each dimension compares
Price
Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) leadsAnthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5
$5/M tokens
Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
$3/M tokens
Context Window
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 leadsAnthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5
200K tokens
Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
33K tokens
Capabilities
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 leadsAnthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5
3/4
Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
1/4
Max Output
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 leadsAnthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5
64K tokens
Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
33K tokens
Recency
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5
Oct 2025
Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
Oct 2025
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