Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Claude Haiku 5.5 and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite charge practically the same to read a 26.2K-token pull request ($0.0026). Above 100K tokens long-context rates apply, and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite becomes the cheaper one. Both sit in the economy price tier, so the choice between them is about review quality more than budget.
Side by side
| Figure | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Economy | Economy |
| Bugs caughtshare of known bugs | 64% | – |
| False alarmsper clean PR | 1.4 | – |
| Cost per reviewmeasured | $0.0038 | – |
| Cost per bug caught | $0.0064 | – |
| Exact linecatches on the expected lines | 82% | – |
| Review timemean | 15s | – |
| Typical review calllist price | $0.0038 | $0.0036 (better) |
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.10 | $0.10 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $0.50 | $0.40 (better) |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
- Above 100K tokens, long-context rates mean Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the cheaper of the two.
Not benchmarked yet
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite isn't benchmarked yet, so this page compares list prices only. Measured bugs caught, false alarms and a bug-by-bug comparison appear here once both have results.
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