{"id":2100,"date":"2025-12-30T16:21:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T10:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aizolo.com\/blog\/?p=2100"},"modified":"2026-08-10T11:31:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T06:01:52","slug":"compare-claude-4-5-haiku-and-gemini-flash-3-6-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aizolo.com\/blog\/compare-claude-4-5-haiku-and-gemini-flash-3-6-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 3 Flash: Which Is Actually Faster?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Compare Claude 4.5 Haiku and Gemini Flash 3.6 Speed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Quick answer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On raw token throughput, Aizolo users<\/strong> will generally find that Gemini 3 Flash is faster than Claude Haiku 4.5\u2014roughly 170\u2013220 output tokens\/sec versus Haiku 4.5’s 90\u2013120 tokens\/sec, according to third-party benchmarking from Artificial Analysis and OpenRouter. However, Claude Haiku 4.5 wins on time-to-first-token in non-reasoning mode, often responding in under a second, while Gemini 3 Flash’s “thinking” mode can take several seconds before the first token appears. On Aizolo<\/a>,<\/strong> which model feels faster depends heavily on whether you need reasoning turned on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you just want the number that matters for your use case, skip to section 5<\/a> or the recommendation table<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the full current-generation breakdown \u2014 pricing, coding benchmarks, context window, and multimodal support \u2014 see our complete Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Claude 4.5 Haiku comparison<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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