Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Gemma 2 27B
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 2 27B in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads 25.8 to 10.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 70.4% for Gemini 1.5 Pro (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 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 29.4 |
| Released | 2024-02-15 | 2024-06-24 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 8K |
| Max output | — | 2K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.65 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.65 |
| Results tracked | 45 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 34.2 (#241), Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.8% | 42.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1294 | 1211 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.5% | 52.5% |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36% |
| CadEval | 34% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.9 (#145), Gemma 2 27B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 3.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
| BALROG | 21% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#338), Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1296 | 1198 |
| DTBench | 59% | 48% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.73 | 122.08 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 27.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 28.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 47.9% |
| LMCA | — | 7.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 89.2% | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 38.2% |
Math Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 25.8 (#266), Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 23.1% | 1.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1315 | 1212 |
| MATH Level 5 | 70.4% | 27.9% |
| Omni-MATH | 36.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 26.5% |
Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.4 (#239), Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 57.2% | 36.5% |
| Confabulations | 13.5% | 27.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1279 | 1172 |
| MMLU | 86.9% | 75.7% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 53.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.8 (#77), Gemma 2 27B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1161 | — |
| Video-MME | 75% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.3 (#174), Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1312 | 1217 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1331 | 1221 |
| LMArena French | 1302 | 1247 |
| LMArena German | 1286 | 1209 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1292 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | 1174 |
| LMArena Russian | 1320 | 1234 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1311 | 1228 |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.6 (#185), Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1206 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.1% |
| IFEval | 83.7% | — |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.8 (#169), Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | 1231 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.4 (#172), Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1231 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1333 | 1241 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1296 | 1224 |
| WildBench | 81.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 32.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Gemma 2 27B?
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (34.2 vs 34.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Gemma 2 27B share?
26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.