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NewAnthropic Claude Haiku Latest vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

Pick Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview when budget and context both matter.

Page updated: 2026-05-26T10:03:26Z Data confirmed: 2026-05-26T13:08:02Z Prices normalized to USD per 1M tokens Sample workload: 1M input + 500K output

Budget verdict

Pick Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview when budget and context both matter.

On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is estimated at $1 vs $3.5 for Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest, saving $2.5 (71.4% lower).

Cost-first pickGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

Context-first pickGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

Sample savings$2.571.4%

10x traffic gap$25

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is cheaper on the standard workload and also has the larger context window. At 10x that traffic, the same price gap is about $25. Use the calculator below to replace the sample workload with your own token volume.

Cost sensitivity

Workload Sensitivity

Same prices, different token mixes.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview stays cheaper across input-heavy, balanced, and output-heavy sample workloads.

Workload shape	Token mix	Better pick	Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Input-heavy / RAG	5M input + 500K output	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview	$7.5	$2
Balanced workload	1M input + 1M output	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview	$6	$1.75
Output-heavy chatbot	1M input + 5M output	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview	$26	$7.75

Cheaper input Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $1 vs $0.25 / 1M

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is $0.75 cheaper per 1M input tokens (75% lower; 4x difference).

Cheaper output Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $5 vs $1.5 / 1M

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is $3.5 cheaper per 1M output tokens (70% lower; 3.33x difference).

Larger context Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 200K vs 1.05M

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has 848.58K more context (5.24x larger).

Sample workload Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $3.5 vs $1

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is $2.5 cheaper on the standard workload (71.4% lower).

Estimate your workload cost

Your Workload Cost

Prices are normalized to USD per 1M tokens.

Monthly input tokens Monthly output tokens

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This estimate uses normalized public API pricing per 1M tokens. It is a planning aid, not a billing quote. Verify provider pricing, limits, and terms before production use.

Quick Decision

Verdict

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has the lower input price; Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has the lower output price; Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview offers the larger context window. For the 1M input plus 500K output sample, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is cheaper for the standard workload.

For a 1M input token plus 500K output token workload, the estimated API cost is $3.5 for Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest and $1 for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview.

Best Fit

Choose Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest when its provider, model quality, latency, or availability is more important than the numeric price/context winner.

Choose Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview when you care most about lower input-token price, lower output-token price, and larger context window.

Decision Notes

On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is estimated at $1 vs $3.5 for Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest, saving $2.5 (71.4% lower).
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is $2.5 cheaper on the standard workload (71.4% lower).
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is $0.75 cheaper per 1M input tokens (75% lower; 4x difference).
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is $3.5 cheaper per 1M output tokens (70% lower; 3.33x difference).
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has 848.58K more context (5.24x larger).

Head-to-Head Specs

Feature	NewAnthropic Claude Haiku Latest (Anthropic)	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview (Google)
Input Price prompt tokens per 1M	$1	$0.25
Completion Price per 1M tokens	$5	$1.5
Sample Workload Cost 1M input + 500K output	$3.5	$1
Context Window	200K	1.05M
Release Date	2026-04-27	2026-03-03

Use-Case Decision Matrix

Use case	Better pick	Why
Budget-constrained production	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview	On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is estimated at $1 vs $3.5 for Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest, saving $2.5 (71.4% lower).
High-volume input processing	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview	Lower prompt-token price matters most when prompts, retrieved passages, or documents dominate the bill.
Long responses and chatbots	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview	Lower output-token price matters most when assistants generate many completion tokens.
RAG or long-document work	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview	A larger context window leaves more room for retrieved passages, conversation history, or source files.

Related Alternatives

Same-provider lower-cost swaps

Claude 3 Haiku can replace Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest when lower sample workload cost matters most: $0.88.
Claude 3.5 Haiku can replace Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest when lower sample workload cost matters most: $2.8.
Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) can replace Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview when lower sample workload cost matters most: $0.
Gemma 4 31B (free) can replace Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview when lower sample workload cost matters most: $0.

Larger context near this budget

Llama 4 Scout offers 10M context with $0.23 sample workload cost.
Grok 4.20 offers 2M context with $2.5 sample workload cost.
Owl Alpha offers 1.05M context with $0 sample workload cost.

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