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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs MedGemma 4B IT

Comparing Claude Haiku 4.5 and MedGemma 4B IT across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Anthropic · Google · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Haiku 4.5 and MedGemma 4B IT trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude Haiku 4.5

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2025

Choose MedGemma 4B IT

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
MedGemma 4B IT
Google
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$1.00 / M
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Output price
$5.00 / M
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Context window
200,000
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Released
Oct 2025
May 2025
License
Proprietary
Health AI Developer Foundations terms of use

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Claude Haiku 4.5 and MedGemma 4B ITdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Haiku 4.5 specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude Haiku 4.5 specifies output context (64,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Input200,000 tokens
Output64,000 tokens
Google
MedGemma 4B IT
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude Haiku 4.5 and MedGemma 4B IT support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

MedGemma 4B IT

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Haiku 4.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while MedGemma 4B IT uses Health AI Developer Foundations terms of use.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

MedGemma 4B IT

Health AI Developer Foundations terms of use

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Haiku 4.5 was released on 2025-10-15, while MedGemma 4B IT was released on 2025-05-20.

Claude Haiku 4.5 is 5 months newer than MedGemma 4B IT.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Oct 15, 2025

10 months ago

4mo newer
MedGemma 4B IT

May 20, 2025

1.3 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Haiku 4.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-02-01, while MedGemma 4B IT's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Haiku 4.5's training data extends to 2025-02-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without MedGemma 4B IT's cutoff date.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Feb 2025

MedGemma 4B IT

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Haiku 4.5 and MedGemma 4B IT side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Haiku 4.5
✓ Preferred
MedGemma 4B IT
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Haiku 4.5 vs MedGemma 4B IT.

Which is better, Claude Haiku 4.5 or MedGemma 4B IT?

Claude Haiku 4.5 (Anthropic) and MedGemma 4B IT (Google) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Claude Haiku 4.5 compare to MedGemma 4B IT in benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 4.5 scores Tau2 Retail: 83.2%, MMMLU: 83.0%, Tau2 Telecom: 83.0%, AIME 2025: 80.7%, SWE-Bench Verified: 73.3%. MedGemma 4B IT scores MIMIC CXR: 88.9%, DermMCQA: 71.8%, PathMCQA: 69.8%, SlakeVQA: 62.3%, VQA-Rad: 49.9%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Haiku 4.5 and MedGemma 4B IT?

Claude Haiku 4.5 supports 200K tokens and MedGemma 4B IT supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude Haiku 4.5 and MedGemma 4B IT?

Key differences include licensing (Proprietary vs Health AI Developer Foundations terms of use). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Haiku 4.5 and MedGemma 4B IT?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is developed by Anthropic and MedGemma 4B IT is developed by Google.

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