Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Gemma 2 27B

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.4

Rank #312 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite 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 Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 34.1 to 10.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 58.1% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 26.5% for Gemma 2 27B.
  • Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 2 27B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index37.829.4
Released2025-02-052024-06-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—8K
Max output—2K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.65
Output $ / M tokens—$0.65
Results tracked3234

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 2 27B
LiveBench Coding47.1%36%
LMArena Coding13221211
BigCodeBench Instruct—42.8%
BigCodeBench Complete—52.5%

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 2 27B
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%28.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts13241198
DTBench52.5%48%
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%47.9%
LiveBench54.3%38.2%
LMCA—7.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—122.08
ForecastBench57.1—

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 2 27B
LiveBench Math58.1%26.5%
LMArena Math13091212
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—1.4%
Omni-MATH37.4%—
MATH Level 5—27.9%

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 2 27B
LMArena Expert13051172
GPQA Diamond—36.5%
MMLU-Pro72%—
Confabulations—27.1%
GPQA (HELM)50%—
MMLU—75.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Gemma 2 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 2 27B
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 2 27B
LMArena Non-English13231217
LMArena Chinese13391221
LMArena French13471247
LMArena German13061209
LMArena Japanese13011175
LMArena Korean13251174
LMArena Russian13281234
LMArena Spanish13131228

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 2 27B
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%58.1%
LMArena Instruction Following13051206
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 2 27B
LMArena Longer Query13201231

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemma 2 27B
LMArena Text13301231
LMArena Creative Writing13191241
LMArena Multi-Turn13071224
LiveBench Language34.3%32.6%
WildBench79%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Gemma 2 27B?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Gemma 2 27B share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.

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