Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) vs Gemini 3.8 Flash (High)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) by Anthropic or Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) by Google? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max)
Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max): 5.8% less intelligence, 391.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 89.9% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) | Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 43.4 | 40.9 | −5.8% Gemini 3.8 Flash (Hig… is 5.8% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $330.25 | $1,622.73 | +391.4% Gemini 3.8 Flash (Hig… is 4.9× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 318.47s | 32.17s | −89.9% Gemini 3.8 Flash (Hig… is 89.9% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.75 / $3.75 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Speech, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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