Model comparison

ERNIE 5.1 vs Gemma 2 27B

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.8

Rank #83 Confirmed

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.4

Rank #312 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 27B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 40.3 to 10.7.
  • Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.1 and Gemma 2 27B specifications
ERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
ProviderBaiduGoogle
Noometry Index43.829.4
Released—2024-06-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—8K
Max output—2K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.65
Output $ / M tokens—$0.65
Results tracked1934

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Category by category

Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76), Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Coding14881211
BigCodeBench Instruct—42.8%
LiveBench Coding—36%
BigCodeBench Complete—52.5%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: —, Gemma 2 27B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Search1227—

Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211), Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Hard Prompts14811198
NYT Connections (extended)23.4%—
LiveBench Reasoning—28.1%
DTBench—48%
LiveBench Data Analysis—47.9%
LMCA—7.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—122.08
LiveBench—38.2%

Math ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92), Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Math14811212
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—1.4%
LiveBench Math—26.5%
MATH Level 5—27.9%

Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102), Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Expert14921172
GPQA Diamond—36.5%
Confabulations—27.1%
MMLU—75.7%

Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29), Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Non-English14541217
LMArena Chinese15081221
LMArena French14881247
LMArena German14701209
LMArena Japanese14221175
LMArena Korean14271174
LMArena Russian14591234
LMArena Spanish14731228

Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37), Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Instruction Following14601206
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.1%

Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59), Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Longer Query14621231

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52), Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Text14681231
LMArena Creative Writing14411241
LMArena Multi-Turn14711224
LiveBench Language—32.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Gemma 2 27B?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is ERNIE 5.1 or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Gemma 2 27B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.

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