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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash: price
Gemini 3.8 Flash is 1.3× cheaper than Claude Haiku 4.5 for a typical chat workload (1,500 tokens in, 500 out).
| Item | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Input per 1M tokens | $1.00 | $0.75 |
| Output per 1M tokens | $5.00 | $3.75 |
| Cached input per 1M | $0.10 | $0.075 |
| 1,000 chat messages1,500 tokens in, 500 out each | $4.00 | $3.00 |
| Summarize a 50-page PDF30,000 tokens in, 1,000 out | $0.035 | $0.026 |
| One coding-agent task60,000 tokens in, 4,000 out, no caching | $0.08 | $0.06 |
Gemini 3.8 Flash: Promo price through Dec 31, 2026; $1.50 in / $7.50 out from Jan 1, 2027.
List prices checked September 28, 2026. Price is half the story: see how people rate each one today.
Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash in numbers
Output, usually the bigger part of the bill, costs $5.00 on Claude Haiku 4.5 and $3.75 on Gemini 3.8 Flash, so Gemini 3.8 Flash is 1.3× cheaper there. Input costs $1.00 versus $0.75 per million tokens. For a coding-agent task (60,000 tokens in, 4,000 out) that is $0.08 on Claude Haiku 4.5 and $0.06 on Gemini 3.8 Flash. Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts 200K tokens of context and Gemini 3.8 Flash 1.05M tokens. Claude Haiku 4.5 came out on October 15, 2025 and Gemini 3.8 Flash on September 2, 2026.
Claude Haiku 4.5 is made by Anthropic; Gemini 3.8 Flash by Google. Estimate your own bill for both in the cost calculator.
Which one feels dumber today?
- Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic
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Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or Gemini 3.8 Flash cheaper?
Gemini 3.8 Flash is 1.3× cheaper than Claude Haiku 4.5 for a typical chat workload (1,500 tokens in, 500 out). Output, usually the bigger part of the bill, costs $5.00 on Claude Haiku 4.5 and $3.75 on Gemini 3.8 Flash, so Gemini 3.8 Flash is 1.3× cheaper there.
Which is better, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Gemini 3.8 Flash?
It depends on the task, and price is only part of it. Check how people rate each one today on the Claude Haiku 4.5 and Gemini 3.8 Flash pages, and read what users report in Discussions.