Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Gemma 2 27B

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 2 27B costs 2.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.4

Rank #312 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash 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 3.7 Flash leads 69.6 to 10.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 97.2% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 1.4% for Gemma 2 27B.
  • Gemma 2 27B is cheaper at $0.65 / $0.65 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 8K.
  • Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 27B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index59.829.4
Released2026-08-132024-06-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M8K
Max output66K2K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.65
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$0.65
Results tracked4434

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 27B
LMArena Coding14971211
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—42.8%
LiveBench Coding—36%
BigCodeBench Complete—52.5%
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Gemma 2 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 27B
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 27B
LMArena Hard Prompts14941198
DTBench96.8%48%
LMCA50.4%7.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27122.08
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
LiveBench Reasoning—28.1%
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—47.9%
LiveBench—38.2%

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 27B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%1.4%
LMArena Math15071212
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
ProofBench58%—
LiveBench Math—26.5%
MATH Level 5—27.9%

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 27B
GPQA Diamond94.8%36.5%
LMArena Expert15081172
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
Confabulations—27.1%
MMLU—75.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Gemma 2 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 27B
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 27B
LMArena Non-English14841217
LMArena Chinese15481221
LMArena French15051247
LMArena German14981209
LMArena Japanese15121175
LMArena Korean14831174
LMArena Russian15161234
LMArena Spanish15031228

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 27B
LMArena Instruction Following14831206
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.1%

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 27B
LMArena Longer Query14921231

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 2 27B
LMArena Text14861231
LMArena Creative Writing14901241
LMArena Multi-Turn14891224
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—
LiveBench Language—32.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Gemma 2 27B?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 2 27B costs 2.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash 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 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 8K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Gemma 2 27B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.

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