# Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Gemma 2 27B

> Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-pro-vs-gemma-2-27b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 26

## Summary

- They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 2 27B in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads 24.4 to 10.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 70.4% for Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and 27.9% for Gemma 2 27B.
- Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Google |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 29.2 |
| Rank | 253 | 302 |
| Context | — | 8K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.65 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.65 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 33.8 (#239)
- Gemma 2 27B: 33.5 (#243)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.8% | 42.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1294 | 1211 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.5% | 52.5% |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36% |
| CadEval | 34% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.6% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.8 (#137)
- Gemma 2 27B: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 3.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
| BALROG | 21% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#332)
- Gemma 2 27B: 14.8 (#313)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1296 | 1199 |
| DTBench | 59% | 48% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.73 | 122.06 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 27.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 28.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 47.9% |
| LMCA | — | 7.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 89.2% | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 38.2% |

## Math

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 24.4 (#260)
- Gemma 2 27B: 10.0 (#306)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 23.1% | 1.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1315 | 1212 |
| MATH Level 5 | 70.4% | 27.9% |
| Omni-MATH | 36.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 26.5% |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.3 (#228)
- Gemma 2 27B: 18.9 (#275)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 57.2% | 36.5% |
| Confabulations | 13.5% | 27.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1279 | 1172 |
| MMLU | 86.9% | 75.7% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 53.4% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.2 (#72)
- Gemma 2 27B: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1161 | — |
| Video-MME | 75% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.5 (#169)
- Gemma 2 27B: 38.8 (#221)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1312 | 1217 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1331 | 1221 |
| LMArena French | 1301 | 1246 |
| LMArena German | 1286 | 1209 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1292 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | 1174 |
| LMArena Russian | 1320 | 1234 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1310 | 1228 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.8 (#180)
- Gemma 2 27B: 60.7 (#244)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1206 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.1% |
| IFEval | 83.7% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.7 (#164)
- Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#213)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | 1231 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.5 (#167)
- Gemma 2 27B: 44.4 (#220)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1231 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1333 | 1241 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1296 | 1224 |
| WildBench | 81.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 32.6% |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Gemma 2 27B?

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (33.8 vs 33.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Gemma 2 27B share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.