Model comparison

Claude Fable 5 vs Gemma 2 2b IT

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5 Anthropic

66.8

Rank #5 Confirmed

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 2b IT in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Fable 5 leads 88.5 to 32.6.
  • Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5 and Gemma 2 2b IT specifications
Claude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Noometry Index66.833.1
Released2026-06-07—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked6217

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 70.6 (#4), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Coding15191112
DeepSWE69.9%—
FrontierCode53.5%—
LMArena WebDev1625—
FrontierSWE47%—
SciCode61%—
GSO78.4%—
WeirdML91.9%—
MirrorCode63.9%—
ALE-Bench2,041—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 54.0 (#2), Gemma 2 2b IT: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
APEX-Agents63.6%—
Remote Labor Index16.1%—
τ²-bench Banking39.7%—
PostTrainBench41.8%—
GBAEval74.5%—
GDP.pdf30%—
LMArena Search1230—
Vending-Bench 25,680—

Reasoning Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 76.8 (#6), Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts15081113
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
SimpleBench81.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark91.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.7%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt28.6%—
Chess Puzzles41%—
EnigmaEval39.3%—
EBR-Bench39.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles52%—
DTBench98.4%—
LMCA61.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench95%—
Bench to the Future 30.13—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.06—

Math Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 88.5 (#5), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Math15191135
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87%—
FrontierMath Tier 490.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench95%—
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 62.2 (#25), Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Expert15341096
GPQA Diamond85.9%—
SimpleQA Verified70.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 45.3 (#17), Gemma 2 2b IT: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Vision1324—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly35.8%—
LMArena Document1496—

Multilingual Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 57.3 (#9), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Non-English14811121
LMArena Chinese15431132
LMArena French15051157
LMArena German14861114
LMArena Japanese15061083
LMArena Korean14881055
LMArena Russian15041118
LMArena Spanish14981140

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 78.6 (#8), Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Instruction Following15021118

Long Context Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#23), Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Longer Query15091130

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 75.9 (#5), Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Text14911156
LMArena Creative Writing14941147
LMArena Multi-Turn15041118
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1943—
EQ-Bench 41340—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5 better than Gemma 2 2b IT?

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Fable 5 or Gemma 2 2b IT better for coding?

Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 70.6 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5 and Gemma 2 2b IT share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5 has 62 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 2b IT has 17.

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