Model comparison Synced Apr 6, 2026

Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)

Side-by-side comparison of Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 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

Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 leads overall

Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 leads in context window and capabilities, making it the stronger choice for most workflows. Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) remains competitive with advantages in price.

Best for with Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5

Long document processingMulti-modal tasks

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

Budget-conscious workflows

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Technical specifications

	Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5	Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)
Provider	Anthropic	Google
Input price	$1/M	$0.50/M
Output price	$5/M	$3/M
Context window	200K	66K
Max output	64K	66K
Capabilities	Tool useVisionReasoning	VisionReasoning
Released	Oct 15, 2025	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 Haiku 4.5

$5/M tokens