Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Anthropic: Claude Haiku Latest
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-11-07.
| Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash | Anthropic: Claude Haiku Latest | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | ~anthropic | |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Input Price | $0.75/M | $0.10/M |
| Output Price | $3.75/M | $0.50/M |
| Context Window | 1,048,576 | 1,000,000 |
| Max Output | 65,536 | 128,000 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | ✓ | - |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, Claude Haiku Latest costs $0.23 and Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $1.69, so Claude Haiku Latest is about 7.5 times cheaper for the same work.
Both take in a similar amount of text: 1,048,576 and 1,000,000 tokens, about 1,573 and 1,500 pages.
Only Gemini 3.6 Flash offers audio input and video input.
Across the 10 tasks where they differ, Claude Haiku Latest on 10 (SQL Generation, Code Completion, Code Documentation and others).
Gemini 3.6 Flash was released in July 2026 and Claude Haiku Latest in April 2026.
Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash if you need audio input or video input; pick Claude Haiku Latest if you need lower cost or the stronger all-round task scores.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash | Anthropic: Claude Haiku Latest |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 133 | 133 |
| Code Completion | 131 | 131 |
| Code Documentation | 131 | 131 |
| Regex Writing | 119 | 119 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 133 | 133 |
| JSON Extraction | 131 | 131 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 128 | 129 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 137 | 137 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 123 | 123 |
| Blog Post Writing | 121 | 121 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →