Model comparison
Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Claude Haiku 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Haiku 5.5 scores higher in 5 categories and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Haiku 5.5 leads 73.6 to 14.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.9% for Claude Haiku 5.5 and 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.
Side by side
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 49.5 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2026-10-07 | 2024-10-03 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 9 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Haiku 5.5 leads
Claude Haiku 5.5: 49.2 (#50), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1587 | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1218 |
Reasoning Claude Haiku 5.5 leads
Claude Haiku 5.5: 35.2 (#69), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 65.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1209 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 30% | — |
| DTBench | — | 50% |
Math Claude Haiku 5.5 leads
Claude Haiku 5.5: 73.6 (#18), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 98.9% | 4.6% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 75.1% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 46.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1207 |
Knowledge Claude Haiku 5.5 leads
Claude Haiku 5.5: 50.8 (#70), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.6% | 33% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 23.8% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1185 |
Multimodal Claude Haiku 5.5 leads
Claude Haiku 5.5: 43.7 (#21), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1044 |
| Furniture Assembly | 47.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1215 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1231 |
| LMArena French | — | 1234 |
| LMArena German | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1150 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1140 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1236 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1212 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1199 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1219 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232)
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1226 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1218 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1185 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Haiku 5.5 better than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?
Claude Haiku 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude Haiku 5.5 or Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better for coding?
Claude Haiku 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.2 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude Haiku 5.5 and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Haiku 5.5 has 9 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21.