Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Claude Haiku 4.5

Gemini 2.5 Pro versus Claude Haiku 4.5 specifications and price.
metric	Gemini 2.5 Pro	Claude Haiku 4.5
Input / 1M	$1.25	$1.00
Output / 1M	$10.00	$5.00
Context	1.0M	200K
Cost @ typical workload	$1,375/mo	$800/mo
Modality	text + image + audio + video	text + image
Price source	list	list
Provider	Google	Anthropic

Which should you pick?

On a typical workload, Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $800/mo against Gemini 2.5 Pro's $1,375/mo — roughly 1.7× cheaper. But the ranking depends on your output-to-input ratio: output is the pricier direction for both, so an output-heavy job (code generation, long answers) widens the gap while an input-heavy one (summarization, retrieval) narrows it. If you need to fit more in a single prompt, Gemini 2.5 Pro has the larger 1.0M-token window (~1,573 pages).

These are list and routed market prices, not measured outcomes. Two models at the same rate can still cost different amounts to finish the same task, because verbose or reasoning-heavy models emit more tokens. That gap is exactly what measured cost-per-task captures.

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro or Claude Haiku 4.5 cheaper?

For a typical workload (1,500 input + 500 output tokens × 200,000 requests/month), Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $800/mo versus $1,375/mo for Gemini 2.5 Pro — about 1.7× less. Because output is priced higher than input, the winner can flip if your workload writes much more or less than this; check your own numbers in the calculator.

What's the main difference between Gemini 2.5 Pro and Claude Haiku 4.5?

On price, Gemini 2.5 Pro is $1.25/$10.00 per 1M (in/out) and Claude Haiku 4.5 is $1.00/$5.00. Gemini 2.5 Pro has the larger context window at 1.0M tokens.

More comparisons

Gemini 2.5 Pro and Claude Haiku 4.5 — full specs and price history.
API cost calculator — compare on your own workload.
All comparisons — the full head-to-head index.