Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Gemma 2 27B
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 29.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 33 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 33 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 2 27B in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads 36.1 to 10.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 57.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 1.4% for Gemma 2 27B.
- Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 34.8 | 29.2 |
| Released | 2024-12-06 | 2024-06-24 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 8K |
| Max output | — | 2K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.65 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.65 |
| Results tracked | 54 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.2 (#308), Gemma 2 27B: 33.5 (#243)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.9% | 42.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.4% | 36% |
| LMArena Coding | 1351 | 1211 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.9% | 52.5% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 13.5% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 38.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 25.8% | — |
| CadEval | 30% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.0 (#85), Gemma 2 27B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 11.4% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#308), Gemma 2 27B: 14.8 (#313)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 78.2% | 28.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1346 | 1199 |
| DTBench | 63.2% | 48% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.4% | 47.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.36 | 122.06 |
| LiveBench | 66.9% | 38.2% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 31.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 1.1% | — |
| LMCA | — | 7.1% |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.1 (#127), Gemma 2 27B: 10.0 (#306)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 57.8% | 1.4% |
| LiveBench Math | 75.8% | 26.5% |
| LMArena Math | 1351 | 1212 |
| MATH Level 5 | 82.2% | 27.9% |
| Omni-MATH | 45.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#207), Gemma 2 27B: 18.9 (#275)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | 36.5% |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | 27.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1340 | 1172 |
| MMLU | 79.7% | 75.7% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 6.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 55.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 35.9 (#74), Gemma 2 27B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1158 | — |
| GeoBench | 77% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.6 (#144), Gemma 2 27B: 38.8 (#221)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1342 | 1217 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1373 | 1221 |
| LMArena French | 1390 | 1246 |
| LMArena German | 1354 | 1209 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1293 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 1314 | 1174 |
| LMArena Russian | 1351 | 1234 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1363 | 1228 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.6 (#91), Gemma 2 27B: 60.7 (#244)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 85.8% | 58.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1336 | 1206 |
| IFEval | 84.1% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#198), Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#213)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1345 | 1231 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.8 (#184), Gemma 2 27B: 44.4 (#220)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1354 | 1231 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1340 | 1241 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1350 | 1224 |
| LiveBench Language | 51.3% | 32.6% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.8% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1128 | — |
| WildBench | 80% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Gemma 2 27B?
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 29.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?
Gemma 2 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.5 versus 28.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Gemma 2 27B share?
33 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.