# Claude 2 vs Gemma 2 27B

> Gemma 2 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-vs-gemma-2-27b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 6

## Summary

- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 1 category and Gemma 2 27B in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude 2 leads 21.7 to 15.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.7% for Claude 2 and 27.9% for Gemma 2 27B.
- Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2 | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Google |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 29.4 |
| Rank | 346 | 312 |
| Context | — | 8K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.65 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.65 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2: —
- Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 42.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1211 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.5% |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2: 21.7 (#216)
- Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 48% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | 122.08 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 28.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1198 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 47.9% |
| LMCA | — | 7.1% |
| LiveBench | — | 38.2% |

## Math

- Claude 2: 9.3 (#320)
- Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | 27.9% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 26.5% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1212 |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2: 16.9 (#287)
- Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 36.5% |
| MMLU | 78.5% | 75.7% |
| Confabulations | — | 27.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1172 |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |

## Multilingual

- Claude 2: —
- Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1217 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1221 |
| LMArena French | — | 1247 |
| LMArena German | — | 1209 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1174 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1234 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1228 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 2: —
- Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1206 |

## Long Context

- Claude 2: —
- Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1231 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 2: —
- Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1231 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1241 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1224 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 32.6% |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2 better than Gemma 2 27B?

Gemma 2 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Gemma 2 27B share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.