Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking vs Claude 3 Haiku Comparison

Comparing Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking and Claude 3 Haiku across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Claude 3 Haiku is better at 0 benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input tokens$0.25
Output tokens$1.25
Best providerAnthropic
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3 Haiku specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3 Haiku specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Google
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking and Claude 3 Haiku support multimodal inputs.

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

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Claude 3 Haiku

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Proprietary

Closed source

Claude 3 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking was released on 2025-01-21, while Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is 10 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Jan 21, 2025

1.2 years ago

10mo newer
Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.0 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-08-01, while Claude 3 Haiku's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking's training data extends to 2024-08-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3 Haiku's cutoff date.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Aug 2024

Claude 3 Haiku

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Higher GPQA score (74.2% vs 33.3%)
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking
Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku