Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Side-by-side specs, pricing and capabilities. Both models run on Clade under one subscription, so you can switch between them in the same conversation.
Claude Haiku 4.5 comes from Anthropic and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview from Google. The practical difference for most people is context, price, and which input types each one accepts.
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview holds more in a single conversation — 1.0M tokens against 200K — which matters for long documents and large codebases.
Claude Haiku 4.5 is the cheaper of the two on input tokens at $1.00 / 1M tokens.
| Specification | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Model ID | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | gemini-3.1-pro-preview |
| Context window | 200K | 1.0M |
| Max output | 64K | 66K |
| Input price | $1.00 / 1M tokens | $2.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $5.00 / 1M tokens | $12.00 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | 2025-01 |
| Input types | text, image, file | text, image, audio, video, file |
| Output types | text | text |
| Plan | Free | Premium |
Which should you use?
Pick Claude Haiku 4.5 when…
- Cost matters: input runs at $1.00 / 1M tokens versus $2.00 / 1M tokens.
- You are on the free plan — this model is included without an upgrade.
Pick Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview when…
- You need the larger context window — 1.0M against 200K.
- You want longer single responses — up to 66K output tokens.
- You need audio and video input, which the other model does not accept.
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Try both on Clade
You do not have to choose. One Clade subscription gives you Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, and every other model on the platform.