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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicGoogle
Release dateOct 15 2025Oct 3 2024
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
77%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
73.3%
Science
GPQA Diamond
73%
Timeline
Release gapGemini 1.5 Flash-8B shipped 377 days before Claude Haiku 4.5

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5 or Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B?

Claude Haiku 4.5 and Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B shipped 377 days before Claude Haiku 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Haiku 4.5 and Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Haiku 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Oct 15 2025.

Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B was released by Google on Oct 3 2024.

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