Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Gemma 2 27B

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 29.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.8

Rank #113 Confirmed

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.2

Rank #302 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 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 knowledge, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 50.0 to 18.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 71.1% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 1.4% for Gemma 2 27B.
  • Gemma 2 27B is cheaper at $0.65 / $0.65 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 8K.
  • Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 27B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index41.829.2
Released2026-07-212024-06-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M8K
Max output66K2K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.65
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$0.65
Results tracked3834

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.1 (#96), Gemma 2 27B: 33.5 (#243)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 27B
LMArena Coding14551211
LMArena WebDev1440—
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—42.8%
LiveBench Coding—36%
BigCodeBench Complete—52.5%
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 28.6 (#82), Gemma 2 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 27B
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#95), Gemma 2 27B: 14.8 (#313)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 27B
LMArena Hard Prompts14411199
DTBench83.5%48%
LMCA37.6%7.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.12122.06
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles22%—
LiveBench Reasoning—28.1%
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—47.9%
LiveBench—38.2%

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#245), Gemma 2 27B: 10.0 (#306)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 27B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%1.4%
LMArena Math14311212
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
ProofBench13%—
LiveBench Math—26.5%
MATH Level 5—27.9%

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.0 (#66), Gemma 2 27B: 18.9 (#275)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 27B
GPQA Diamond83.3%36.5%
LMArena Expert14301172
Confabulations—27.1%
MMLU—75.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 40.3 (#38), Gemma 2 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 27B
LMArena Vision1266—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.8 (#59), Gemma 2 27B: 38.8 (#221)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 27B
LMArena Non-English14281217
LMArena Chinese14671221
LMArena French14521246
LMArena German14541209
LMArena Japanese14281175
LMArena Korean14061174
LMArena Russian14431234
LMArena Spanish14401228

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 75.0 (#77), Gemma 2 27B: 60.7 (#244)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 27B
LMArena Instruction Following14201206
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.1%

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.8 (#80), Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#213)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 27B
LMArena Longer Query14351231

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.4 (#55), Gemma 2 27B: 44.4 (#220)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 2 27B
LMArena Text14361231
LMArena Creative Writing14191241
LMArena Multi-Turn14451224
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—
LiveBench Language—32.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Gemma 2 27B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 29.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Gemma 2 27B?

Gemma 2 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 33.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 8K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Gemma 2 27B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.

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