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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Google
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
Overview
CompanyAnthropicGoogle
Release dateOct 15 2025Feb 1 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
73%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
73.3%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite shipped 256 days before Claude Haiku 4.5

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5 or Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite?

Claude Haiku 4.5 leads Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite shipped 256 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 — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Haiku 4.5 released?
Claude Haiku 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Oct 15 2025.
When was Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite released?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite was released by Google on Feb 1 2025.

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