Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Gemma 2 27B
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 27B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads 22.1 to 10.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 61.9% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 27.9% for Gemma 2 27B.
- Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 29.4 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2024-06-24 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 8K |
| Max output | — | 2K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.65 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.65 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | 42.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 1211 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | 52.5% |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36% |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Gemma 2 27B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1198 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | 48% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | 122.08 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 28.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 47.9% |
| LMCA | — | 7.1% |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 38.2% |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | 1.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1212 |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | 27.9% |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 26.5% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 36.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1172 |
| MMLU | 77.9% | 75.7% |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 27.1% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Gemma 2 27B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1217 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1221 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | 1247 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1209 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | 1174 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1234 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | 1228 |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1206 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.1% |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1231 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1231 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1241 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1224 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 32.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Gemma 2 27B?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (34.4 vs 34.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Gemma 2 27B share?
25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.