Model comparison

Gemma 2 27B vs GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 2 27B costs 89× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.4

Rank #312 Confirmed

GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI

52.3

Rank #39 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.2 Pro in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 65.3 to 10.7.
  • Gemma 2 27B is cheaper at $0.65 / $0.65 per million input/output tokens, against $21 / $168 for GPT-5.2 Pro.
  • GPT-5.2 Pro accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 8K.
  • Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2 27B and GPT-5.2 Pro specifications
Gemma 2 27BGPT-5.2 Pro
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index29.452.3
Released2024-06-242025-12-11
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window8K400K
Max output2K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.65$21
Output $ / M tokens$0.65$168
Results tracked348

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-5.2 Pro
BigCodeBench Instruct42.8%—
LiveBench Coding36%—
LMArena Coding1211—
BigCodeBench Complete52.5%—

Reasoning GPT-5.2 Pro leads

Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.5 (#33)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-5.2 Pro
Epoch Capabilities Index122.08155.4
ARC-AGI-2—54.2%
SimpleBench—57.4%
NYT Connections (extended)—79.3%
ARC-AGI-1—90.5%
LiveBench Reasoning28.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1198—
DTBench48%—
LiveBench Data Analysis47.9%—
LMCA7.1%—
LiveBench38.2%—

Math GPT-5.2 Pro leads

Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), GPT-5.2 Pro: 65.3 (#29)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-5.2 Pro
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—74%
FrontierMath Tier 4—46%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.4%—
LiveBench Math26.5%—
LMArena Math1212—
MATH Level 527.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—31.3%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-5.2 Pro
GPQA Diamond36.5%—
Confabulations27.1%—
LMArena Expert1172—
MMLU75.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-5.2 Pro
LMArena Non-English1217—
LMArena Chinese1221—
LMArena French1247—
LMArena German1209—
LMArena Japanese1175—
LMArena Korean1174—
LMArena Russian1234—
LMArena Spanish1228—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-5.2 Pro
LiveBench Instruction Following58.1%—
LMArena Instruction Following1206—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-5.2 Pro
LMArena Longer Query1231—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-5.2 Pro
LMArena Text1231—
LMArena Creative Writing1241—
LMArena Multi-Turn1224—
LiveBench Language32.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 27B better than GPT-5.2 Pro?

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 2 27B costs 89× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 2 27B or GPT-5.2 Pro?

Gemma 2 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens; GPT-5.2 Pro lists at $21 and $168.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.2 Pro does, with 400K tokens against 8K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and GPT-5.2 Pro share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.2 Pro has 8.

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