Claude Haiku 5.5vs.Gemini 4 Carbon
Which one is better?
Gemini 4 Carbon is clearly ahead in the overall index.
57
Claude Haiku 5.5
Rank 16 to 27
96
Gemini 4 Carbon
Rank 1 to 5
241
Claude Haiku 5.5
fast
100
Gemini 4 Carbon
fairly fast
$0.20
Claude Haiku 5.5
cheap
n/a
Gemini 4 Carbon
Claude Haiku 5.5
- Subscription
Free to use at Anthropic (Claude Free), more from €21.42 a month (Claude Pro). Through other providers from €6.83 a month (Poe Basic, with limited points). 29 plans in Germany.
- Via API
$0.10 input, $0.50 output per 1M tokens, unchanged since Oct 14, 2026.
Gemini 4 Carbon
- Subscription
Subscriptions in Germany: n/a
- Via API
n/a (no API price known).
Overall index with data through Oct 29, 2026 · Prices from Oct 29, 2026 · Speed: measured by Artificial Analysis · Subscriptions as of Oct 24, 2026 · Subscription prices incl. VAT
Where is the difference?
Values from 0 to 100 per task area. We only name a winner when the gap is large enough and there are enough tests.
Haiku 5.5 ahead: 0Gemini 4 Carbon ahead: 6level: 0too little data: 3of 9 areas
AreaHaiku 5.5Gemini 4 Carbon0 to 100, higher is betterResult
Areas in the overall index
CodingGemini 4 Carbon aheadHaiku 5.5: 66Gemini 4 Carbon: 92
ReasoningGemini 4 Carbon aheadHaiku 5.5: 62Gemini 4 Carbon: 96
Mathematicsonly Haiku 5.5 has a scoreHaiku 5.5: 69Gemini 4 Carbon: not enough data
KnowledgeGemini 4 Carbon aheadHaiku 5.5: 10Gemini 4 Carbon: above 99
AgentsGemini 4 Carbon aheadHaiku 5.5: 63Gemini 4 Carbon: 88
Generalonly Haiku 5.5 has a scoreHaiku 5.5: 67Gemini 4 Carbon: not enough data
Specialist fields
FinanceGemini 4 Carbon aheadHaiku 5.5: 61Gemini 4 Carbon: 94
LegalGemini 4 Carbon aheadHaiku 5.5: 30Gemini 4 Carbon: 94
Healthonly Haiku 5.5 has a scoreHaiku 5.5: 76Gemini 4 Carbon: not enough data
Show 3 more areas that do not count toward the overall index
AreaHaiku 5.5Gemini 4 Carbon0 to 100, higher is betterResult
Cybersecurityonly Haiku 5.5 has a scoreHaiku 5.5: 79Gemini 4 Carbon: not enough data
Productivityonly Haiku 5.5 has a scoreHaiku 5.5: 50Gemini 4 Carbon: not enough data
Educationonly Haiku 5.5 has a scoreHaiku 5.5: 79Gemini 4 Carbon: not enough data
See for yourself: same task, one attempt
There is no shared test round for this selection. Results from different rounds are not mixed.
All data side by side
The better value is bold. For the overall index only when the gap is clear.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | ||
| Overall index0 to 100, higher is better | 57 | 96 |
| Rank | Rank 16 to 27 of 95 | Rank 1 to 5 of 95 |
| Price per 1M tokens | ||
| Inputwhat you send | $0.10above 100,000 tokens: $0.50 | n/a |
| Outputwhat the model writes | $0.50above 100,000 tokens: $2.50 | n/a |
| Speed | ||
| Tokens per second | 241 | 100 |
| Technical | ||
| Context windowhow much text the model reads at once | 1 M tokens≈ 1,500 A4 pages | 1 M tokens≈ 1,500 A4 pages |
| Knowledge cutoff | June 2026 | n/a |
| Released | Oct 7, 2026 | n/a |
| Availability | Active | Limited access |
| Open weights | no | no |
- Gemini 4 Carbon, Announced introductory pricing: $2 input and $10 output per 1M tokens. Cached input receives a 95% discount, giving $0.10 per 1M tokens. This announcement does not establish an already available public API. Source
- Gemini 4 Carbon, Announced pricing after the introductory period: Afterward, $4 input and $20 output per 1M tokens. Google has not specified when the introductory period ends. Source
- Gemini 4 Carbon, Artificial Analysis pricing assumptions: Artificial Analysis calculates test costs using $4 input, $20 output, and $0.20 cached input per 1M tokens. These are the evaluator’s pricing assumptions, not confirmation of a publicly available API tariff. Source
Prices without caching or batch discounts · Page count as a rule of thumb from Artificial Analysis
Shared benchmarks
Single results from the same benchmark version, task and metric. A value is bold only with the same test setup and a clear gap.
A: Claude Haiku 5.5B: Gemini 4 Carbon
AA-BriefcaseOverall · higher is betterClaude Haiku 5.5: 1,439.57 eloGemini 4 Carbon: 1,609.49 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AA-OmniscienceOverall · higher is betterClaude Haiku 5.5: 5.3 pointsGemini 4 Carbon: 53.5 pointsArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AA-Omniscience AccuracyOverall · higher is betterClaude Haiku 5.5: 31.8%Gemini 4 Carbon: 58.3%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateOverall · lower is betterClaude Haiku 5.5: 38.9%Gemini 4 Carbon: 11.4%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexOverall · higher is betterClaude Haiku 5.5: 29.624 pointsGemini 4 Carbon: 59.426 pointsArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AutomationBench-AAOverall · higher is betterClaude Haiku 5.5: 33.7%Gemini 4 Carbon: 77.8%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
CritPt v2Overall · higher is betterClaude Haiku 5.5: 18.6%Gemini 4 Carbon: 36.0%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
CritPt v2 (Hard Subset)Overall · higher is betterClaude Haiku 5.5: 42.5%Gemini 4 Carbon: 63.0%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
FrontierCodeOverall · higher is betterClaude Haiku 5.5: 23.2%Gemini 4 Carbon: 40.6%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
FrontierCode 1.1 MainOverall · higher is betterClaude Haiku 5.5: 43.6%Gemini 4 Carbon: 48.5%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
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GDP.pdfOverall · higher is betterClaude Haiku 5.5: 17.2%Gemini 4 Carbon: 28.4%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
GDPval-AAOverall · higher is betterClaude Haiku 5.5: 1,424.51 eloGemini 4 Carbon: 1,733.07 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
HLE-DiamondOverall · higher is betterClaude Haiku 5.5: 23.7%Gemini 4 Carbon: 69.1%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Terminal-BenchOverall · higher is betterClaude Haiku 5.5: 21.7%Gemini 4 Carbon: 65.2%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Terminal-Bench-ScienceOverall · higher is betterClaude Haiku 5.5: 10.0%Gemini 4 Carbon: 64.8%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Vals IndexOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Haiku 5.5: 58.7%Gemini 4 Carbon: 70.4%Vals AIAs of 10/27/2026
Vals IndexCode Migration v1.1 · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Haiku 5.5: 50.2%Gemini 4 Carbon: 80.1%Vals AIAs of 10/27/2026
Vals IndexEMB v1.1 · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Haiku 5.5: 65.5%Gemini 4 Carbon: 76.5%Vals AIAs of 10/27/2026
Vals IndexFinance Agent v2.1 · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Haiku 5.5: 65.4%Gemini 4 Carbon: 67.2%Vals AIAs of 10/27/2026
Vals IndexHLAB-Vals-1.1 · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Haiku 5.5: 4.2%Gemini 4 Carbon: 17.5%Vals AIAs of 10/27/2026
Vals IndexLegal Research · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Haiku 5.5: 43.8%Gemini 4 Carbon: 55.8%Vals AIAs of 10/27/2026
Vals IndexTax Agent · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Haiku 5.5: 31.9%Gemini 4 Carbon: 48.9%Vals AIAs of 10/27/2026
Vals IndexTerminal-Bench 4.0 · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Haiku 5.5: 36.4%Gemini 4 Carbon: 63.1%Vals AIAs of 10/27/2026
Vals IndexVibe Code Bench v1.1 · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalClaude Haiku 5.5: 90.4%Gemini 4 Carbon: 89.1%Vals AIAs of 10/27/2026
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