Cheapest Model for 10,000 Image Captions: Haiku 4.6 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite

Claude Haiku 4.6 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Complete Comparison: 500 input tokens × 200 output tokens
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🖼️ 10000 Images

Complete comparison of pricing, performance, and capabilities for 2 leading AI models with 10000 Images.

🖼️ Multimodal Input 📊 Batch API
Comparison Criteria Claude Haiku 4.6
Anthropic
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google
Calculation Results (Current Inputs) (10000 images)
Input Tokens 500 500
Output Tokens 200 200
Cost Breakdown
Input Cost $0.322531 (rounded ~ $0.32) $0.322531 (rounded ~ $0.32)
Output Cost $0.000063Best $0.000075Worst
Unit Cost (Audio/OCR) $0.000000 $0.000000
Service Fees $0.000000 $0.000000
Total Cost $0.322594 (rounded ~ $0.32) Best Value $0.322606 (rounded ~ $0.32) Most Expensive
Processing Time 1 hour, 48 minutes, 16.59 seconds Slowest 1 hour, 32 minutes, 2.13 seconds Fastest
Tokens per Second 850Slowest 1,000Fastest
Time to First Token 75ms Best 80ms Worst
Cost per 1K tokens $0.000063Best $0.000063Worst
Tokens per Dollar 15,997,520Best Value 15,996,900Worst Value
Cost per 1 Million Tokens (Informational)
Input Cost / 1M (Base) $0.062500 (rounded ~ $0.06) $0.062500 (rounded ~ $0.06)
Output Cost / 1M (Base) $0.312500 (rounded ~ $0.31)Best $0.375000 (rounded ~ $0.38)Worst
Input Cost / 1M (Optimized) $0.031250 (rounded ~ $0.03)
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
$0.031250 (rounded ~ $0.03)
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
Output Cost / 1M (Optimized) $0.156250 (rounded ~ $0.16)Best
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
$0.187500 (rounded ~ $0.19)Worst
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
Capabilities & Advanced Features
Images Support
10000
✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Video Support ✗ Not Supported ✓ Supported
Audio Support ✗ Not Supported ✓ Supported
OCR Support ✗ Not Supported ✓ Supported
Caching Support ✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Batch API Support ✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Tool Usage Support ✓ Supported ✓ Supported
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Claude Haiku 4.6
AnthropicMax Context: 200,000 tokens
$0.25 / $1.25 per 1M tokens
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$0.067 per 1,000 pixels

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$0.322594 Total Cost
$0.322531 Input Cost
$0.000063 Output Cost
$0.000000 Unit Cost
$0.000000 Search Cost
$0.000000 Request Fee
$0.000000 Tool Fee
$0.000000 Code Execution
5,160,700Total Tokens
$0.000063Cost per 1K
15,997,520Tokens per $
📊 Advanced Cost Breakdown

Processing Speed

108m 16s Processing Time
850 Tokens/Second
75ms Time to First Token
794 Effective Speed

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Flat fee per session (e.g., $0.03 for Code Interpreter)
Hourly storage fee for cached data
First 50 hours free, $0.05/hour after
🧠 Reasoning & Thinking
Manual thinking tokens (billed at output rate)
🔧 Special Modes
Enable 6.0x Fast Mode multiplier
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Enable $1.00/$4.00 rates + $10.00/1k search
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Claude Haiku 4.6 Anthropic

$0.322594 (rounded ~ $0.32)
Total Cost
⚠️ Bulk Calculation: Total volume exceeds single-request limit of 200,000 tokens. Budgeting mode active.
🖼️ 10000 Image (Medium) 📊 Batch API 🔧 Tools
👁️
Vision/Images
✓ Available
🎧
Audio Processing
✗ Not Available
🎥
Video Analysis
✗ Not Available
🔧
Tool Usage
✓ Available
📄
OCR Support
✗ Not Available
📊
Batch API
✓ Available
⚡
Caching
✓ Available
90% savings

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $0.322594 (rounded ~ $0.32) Input: $0.322531 (rounded ~ $0.32)
Output: $0.000063
Optimized Cost $0.322594 (rounded ~ $0.32) Input: $0.322531 (rounded ~ $0.32)
Output: $0.000063
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

🖼️ Multimodal Input
$0.000000
5,160,000 tokens
📊 Batch API
50.0% off
Asynchronous processing discount

Multimodal Input Details

🖼️ Images
Count: 10000
Resolution: Medium
Tokens: 5,160,000
Cost: $0.000000

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 500 input tokens and 200 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $0.322531 (rounded ~ $0.32)
  • Output Cost: $0.000063
  • Total Cost: $0.322594 (rounded ~ $0.32)
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.000063
  • Tokens per dollar: 15,997,520 tokens
  • Context Window: 200000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 850 tokens per second and 75ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 1 hour, 48 minutes, 16.59 seconds
  • Latency: 75 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 850 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 794 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

Best Use Cases

High-volume visual metadata generation where brand-aligned prose and low-latency categorization are required for e-commerce catalogs.

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Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google 1000000

$0.322606 (rounded ~ $0.32)
Total Cost
⚠️ Bulk Calculation: Total volume exceeds single-request limit of 1,000,000 tokens. Budgeting mode active.
🖼️ 10000 Image (Medium) 📊 Batch API 🔧 Tools
👁️
Vision/Images
✓ Available
🎧
Audio Processing
✓ Available
🎥
Video Analysis
✓ Available
🔧
Tool Usage
✓ Available
📄
OCR Support
✓ Available
📊
Batch API
✓ Available
⚡
Caching
✓ Available
90% savings

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $0.322606 (rounded ~ $0.32) Input: $0.322531 (rounded ~ $0.32)
Output: $0.000075
Optimized Cost $0.322606 (rounded ~ $0.32) Input: $0.322531 (rounded ~ $0.32)
Output: $0.000075
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

🖼️ Multimodal Input
$0.000000
5,160,000 tokens
📊 Batch API
50.0% off
Asynchronous processing discount

Multimodal Input Details

🖼️ Images
Count: 10000
Resolution: Medium
Tokens: 5,160,000
Cost: $0.000000

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 500 input tokens and 200 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $0.322531 (rounded ~ $0.32)
  • Output Cost: $0.000075
  • Total Cost: $0.322606 (rounded ~ $0.32)
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.000063
  • Tokens per dollar: 15,996,900 tokens
  • Context Window: 1000000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 1,000 tokens per second and 80ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 1 hour, 32 minutes, 2.13 seconds
  • Latency: 80 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 1,000 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 935 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

Best Use Cases

High-volume visual metadata generation where brand-aligned prose and low-latency categorization are required for e-commerce catalogs.

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✨ Market Recommendations AI Model Registry

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📋 Active Input Parameters
Input Tokens: 500
Output Tokens: 200
Batch API: Enabled (50% discount)
Images: 10000 (Medium Resolution)
Tools: Enabled
Rank AI Model & Provider Total Cost vs Claude Haiku 4.6 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
🏆 Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI
 $0.129028 Best Value ↓ 60% cheaper ↓ 60% cheaper
🥈 Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google
 $0.322606 (rounded ~ $0.32) Same price Same price
🥉 Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google
 $0.387163 (rounded ~ $0.39) ↑ 20% more ↑ 20% more
#4 Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI
 $0.645388 (rounded ~ $0.65) ↑ 100.1% more ↑ 100.1% more
#5 GPT-5.4 mini
OpenAI
 $0.967819 (rounded ~ $0.97) ↑ 200% more ↑ 200% more
#6 o4-mini Deep Research
OpenAI
 $1.290325 ↑ 300% more ↑ 300% more
#7 Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
 $1.290375 ↑ 300% more ↑ 300% more
#8 o4-mini
OpenAI
 $1.419358 ↑ 340% more ↑ 340% more
#9 Grok 4.3
xAI
 $1.612781 (rounded ~ $1.61) ↑ 399.9% more ↑ 399.9% more
#10 Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google
 $1.935638 (rounded ~ $1.94) ↑ 500% more ↑ 500% more
#11 GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI
 $2.258419 (rounded ~ $2.26) ↑ 600.1% more ↑ 600.1% more
#12 GPT-5.3 Instant
OpenAI
 $2.258419 (rounded ~ $2.26) ↑ 600.1% more ↑ 600.1% more
#13 Llama 4 Maverick (400B)
Meta AI
 $2.415195 (rounded ~ $2.42) ↑ 648.7% more ↑ 648.7% more
#14 Gemini 3.1 Flash
Google
 $2.580850 ↑ 700% more ↑ 700% more
#15 Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic
 $3.871125 (rounded ~ $3.87) ↑ 1100% more ↑ 1100% more
#16 Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic
 $6.451875 (rounded ~ $6.45) ↑ 1900% more ↑ 1899.9% more
#17 Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic
 $6.451875 (rounded ~ $6.45) ↑ 1900% more ↑ 1899.9% more
#18 Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic
 $6.451875 (rounded ~ $6.45) ↑ 1900% more ↑ 1899.9% more
#19 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google
 $6.452125 (rounded ~ $6.45) ↑ 1900.1% more ↑ 1900% more
#20 GPT-5.5 Instant
OpenAI
 $6.452125 (rounded ~ $6.45) ↑ 1900.1% more ↑ 1900% more
#21 Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google
 $10.322800 (rounded ~ $10.32) ↑ 3099.9% more ↑ 3099.8% more
#22 o3 Deep Research
OpenAI
 $12.903250 (rounded ~ $12.90) ↑ 3899.8% more ↑ 3899.7% more
#23 GPT-5.4
OpenAI
 $12.903500 (rounded ~ $12.90) ↑ 3899.9% more ↑ 3899.8% more
#24 GPT-5.4 Thinking
OpenAI
 $12.903500 (rounded ~ $12.90) ↑ 3899.9% more ↑ 3899.8% more
#25 o3 Pro
OpenAI
 $25.806500 (rounded ~ $25.81) ↑ 7899.7% more ↑ 7899.4% more
#26 GPT-5.5
OpenAI
 $25.807000 (rounded ~ $25.81) ↑ 7899.8% more ↑ 7899.5% more
#27 GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI
 $27.101025 (rounded ~ $27.10) ↑ 8301% more ↑ 8300.7% more
#28 GPT-5.5 Pro
OpenAI
 $38.712750 (rounded ~ $38.71) ↑ 11900.5% more ↑ 11900% more
#29 GPT-5.5 Pro
OpenAI
 $38.712750 (rounded ~ $38.71) ↑ 11900.5% more ↑ 11900% more
🏆

Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI

$0.129028
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↓ 60%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↓ 60%
🥈

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google

$0.322606 (rounded ~ $0.32)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: Same
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Same
🥉

Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google

$0.387163 (rounded ~ $0.39)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 20%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 20%
#4

Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI

$0.645388 (rounded ~ $0.65)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 100.1%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 100.1%
#5

GPT-5.4 mini
OpenAI

$0.967819 (rounded ~ $0.97)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 200%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 200%
#6

o4-mini Deep Research
OpenAI

$1.290325
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 300%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 300%
#7

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic

$1.290375
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 300%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 300%
#8

o4-mini
OpenAI

$1.419358
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 340%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 340%
#9

Grok 4.3
xAI

$1.612781 (rounded ~ $1.61)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 399.9%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 399.9%
#10

Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google

$1.935638 (rounded ~ $1.94)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 500%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 500%
#11

GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI

$2.258419 (rounded ~ $2.26)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 600.1%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 600.1%
#12

GPT-5.3 Instant
OpenAI

$2.258419 (rounded ~ $2.26)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 600.1%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 600.1%
#13

Llama 4 Maverick (400B)
Meta AI

$2.415195 (rounded ~ $2.42)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 648.7%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 648.7%
#14

Gemini 3.1 Flash
Google

$2.580850
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 700%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 700%
#15

Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic

$3.871125 (rounded ~ $3.87)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 1100%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 1100%
#16

Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic

$6.451875 (rounded ~ $6.45)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 1900%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 1899.9%
#17

Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic

$6.451875 (rounded ~ $6.45)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 1900%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 1899.9%
#18

Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic

$6.451875 (rounded ~ $6.45)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 1900%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 1899.9%
#19

Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google

$6.452125 (rounded ~ $6.45)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 1900.1%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 1900%
#20

GPT-5.5 Instant
OpenAI

$6.452125 (rounded ~ $6.45)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 1900.1%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 1900%
#21

Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google

$10.322800 (rounded ~ $10.32)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 3099.9%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 3099.8%
#22

o3 Deep Research
OpenAI

$12.903250 (rounded ~ $12.90)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 3899.8%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 3899.7%
#23

GPT-5.4
OpenAI

$12.903500 (rounded ~ $12.90)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 3899.9%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 3899.8%
#24

GPT-5.4 Thinking
OpenAI

$12.903500 (rounded ~ $12.90)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 3899.9%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 3899.8%
#25

o3 Pro
OpenAI

$25.806500 (rounded ~ $25.81)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 7899.7%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 7899.4%
#26

GPT-5.5
OpenAI

$25.807000 (rounded ~ $25.81)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 7899.8%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 7899.5%
#27

GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI

$27.101025 (rounded ~ $27.10)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 8301%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 8300.7%
#28

GPT-5.5 Pro
OpenAI

$38.712750 (rounded ~ $38.71)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 11900.5%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 11900%
#29

GPT-5.5 Pro
OpenAI

$38.712750 (rounded ~ $38.71)
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 11900.5%
vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: ↑ 11900%
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Scaling Visual Asset Management for Mid-Market SaaS

For YouTube content producers and SaaS teams managing e-commerce product catalogs, the shift from manual curation to automated metadata generation is a critical scale milestone. When your workload hits 10,000 images monthly, the choice between Anthropic’s precision and Google’s multimodal infrastructure becomes a strategic pivot point rather than just a line item. This comparison evaluates how Claude Haiku 4.6 and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite handle high-volume visual processing for marketing automation.

Claude Haiku 4.6 is frequently the preferred choice for producers who require high-fidelity descriptive prose. It excels at maintaining a specific brand voice across thousands of captions, showing a sophisticated understanding of lighting, composition, and product placement that feels more “human-written” for SEO descriptions. Its structured output is notably reliable when extracting complex attributes into JSON for database synchronization.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite offers a different advantage: deep integration into the Google Cloud ecosystem and exceptional processing speed for massive batches. While Haiku focuses on creative nuance, Flash Lite is a workhorse for utility-driven OCR and basic visual tagging. It is particularly effective for teams already leveraging Firebase or BigQuery, as the latency for cross-service data transfer is minimized. However, users may find its creative descriptions slightly more repetitive compared to the Anthropic suite.

  • Choose Haiku 4.6 for customer-facing marketing copy where tone and creative variety are paramount.
  • Choose Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite for internal cataloging, high-speed indexing, and cost-effective OCR at scale.

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How accurate are these AI model cost calculations?
Our calculations are based on official pricing from each provider (Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, xAI, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Mistral) and are updated regularly. We account for all factors including multimodal inputs, caching discounts, batch API pricing, tool usage multipliers, OCR processing, audio minutes, silence fees, and research mode pricing. Note: Reseller markups and dedicated instance multipliers have been removed to reflect official provider pricing.
How are image tokens calculated?
Images are tokenized based on resolution: Low: 85 tokens, Medium: 170 tokens, High: 255 tokens, Full: 765 tokens per image. Some models (like Llama 4 Maverick) use tile-based encoding with 1,610 tokens/image (standard) or 8,050 tokens/image (high-res).
How do Market Recommendations work (v8.6.0)?
Our recommendation engine scans the entire model registry and only includes models that support ALL your current input parameters (tokens, images, video, audio, OCR, tools, batch API, etc.). It calculates exact costs with your settings and sorts by price, showing you the best value options that can handle your complete workflow. Special pricing models (OCR, video, audio, image generation) are properly handled and only appear when their specific input types are requested. v8.6.0 removes reseller markups (20% buffer) and dedicated instance multipliers to reflect official provider pricing.
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