Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemma 2 27B

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.4

Rank #312 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon 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 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 10.7.
  • Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 27B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index56.529.4
Released2026-09-302024-06-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—8K
Max output—2K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.65
Output $ / M tokens—$0.65
Results tracked2134

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 27B
LMArena Coding15501211
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—42.8%
LiveBench Coding—36%
BigCodeBench Complete—52.5%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Gemma 2 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 27B
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 27B
LMArena Hard Prompts15481198
CritPt27.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning—28.1%
DTBench—48%
LiveBench Data Analysis—47.9%
LMCA—7.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—122.08
LiveBench—38.2%

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 27B
LMArena Math15361212
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—1.4%
ProofBench99%—
LiveBench Math—26.5%
MATH Level 5—27.9%

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 27B
LMArena Expert15531172
GPQA Diamond—36.5%
Confabulations—27.1%
MMLU—75.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Gemma 2 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 27B
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 27B
LMArena Non-English15231217
LMArena Chinese16101221
LMArena Russian15371234
LMArena Spanish14971228
LMArena French—1247
LMArena German—1209
LMArena Japanese—1175
LMArena Korean—1174

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 27B
LMArena Instruction Following15381206
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.1%

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 27B
LMArena Longer Query15491231

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 27B
LMArena Text15341231
LMArena Creative Writing15311241
LMArena Multi-Turn15571224
LiveBench Language—32.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Gemma 2 27B?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Gemma 2 27B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.

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