# Gemma 2 27B vs Yi-Large

> Gemma 2 27B has enough public results to be ranked (#312); Yi-Large does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-27b-vs-yi-large
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 3

## Summary

- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 0 categories and Yi-Large in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 52.5% for Gemma 2 27B and 47.2% for Yi-Large.
- Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2 27B | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 38.1 |
| Rank | 312 | — |
| Context | 8K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.65 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.65 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)
- Yi-Large: 36.7 (#203)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.8% | 37.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | 47.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | 36% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1211 | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)
- Yi-Large: —

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

## Math

- Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)
- Yi-Large: —

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

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 75.7% | 79.3% |
| GPQA Diamond | 36.5% | — |
| Confabulations | 27.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1172 | — |

## Multilingual

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

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| 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

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

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

## Long Context

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

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

## Writing & Preference

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

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

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 2 27B better than Yi-Large?

Gemma 2 27B has enough public results to be ranked (#312); Yi-Large does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Gemma 2 27B or Yi-Large better for coding?

Yi-Large scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.7 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Yi-Large share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Large has 3.