Model comparison

Claude 2 vs Gemma 2 27B

Gemma 2 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.

Claude 2 Anthropic

25.0

Rank #346 Reported

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.4

Rank #312 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 1 category and Gemma 2 27B in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude 2 leads 21.7 to 15.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.7% for Claude 2 and 27.9% for Gemma 2 27B.
  • Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude 2 and Gemma 2 27B specifications
Claude 2Gemma 2 27B
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Noometry Index25.029.4
Released2023-07-112024-06-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—8K
Max output—2K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.65
Output $ / M tokens—$0.65
Results tracked834

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Claude 2: —, Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemma 2 27B
BigCodeBench Instruct—42.8%
LiveBench Coding—36%
LMArena Coding—1211
BigCodeBench Complete—52.5%
HumanEval+61.6%—

Reasoning Claude 2 leads

Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemma 2 27B
DTBench51.9%48%
Epoch Capabilities Index120.13122.08
LiveBench Reasoning—28.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1198
LiveBench Data Analysis—47.9%
LMCA—7.1%
LiveBench—38.2%

Math Gemma 2 27B leads

Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemma 2 27B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20252.5%1.4%
MATH Level 511.7%27.9%
LiveBench Math—26.5%
LMArena Math—1212

Knowledge Gemma 2 27B leads

Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemma 2 27B
GPQA Diamond34.7%36.5%
MMLU78.5%75.7%
Confabulations—27.1%
LMArena Expert—1172
TriviaQA87.5%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Claude 2: —, Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Non-English—1217
LMArena Chinese—1221
LMArena French—1247
LMArena German—1209
LMArena Japanese—1175
LMArena Korean—1174
LMArena Russian—1234
LMArena Spanish—1228

Instruction Following Not comparable

Claude 2: —, Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemma 2 27B
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.1%
LMArena Instruction Following—1206

Long Context Not comparable

Claude 2: —, Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Longer Query—1231

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Claude 2: —, Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Text—1231
LMArena Creative Writing—1241
LMArena Multi-Turn—1224
LiveBench Language—32.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude 2 better than Gemma 2 27B?

Gemma 2 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Gemma 2 27B share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.

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