Model comparison

Claude Fable 5 vs Gemma 2 2b IT

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.3 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5 Anthropic

66.3

Rank #5 Confirmed

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

32.5

Rank #244 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 2b IT in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Fable 5 leads 88.4 to 30.1.
  • Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5 and Gemma 2 2b IT specifications
Claude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Noometry Index66.332.5
Released2026-06-07—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked6117

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 67.0 (#4), Gemma 2 2b IT: 31.8 (#268)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Coding15191112
DeepSWE69.9%—
FrontierCode53.5%—
LMArena WebDev1626—
FrontierSWE47%—
SciCode61%—
WeirdML91.9%—
MirrorCode63.9%—
ALE-Bench2,041—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 54.1 (#2), Gemma 2 2b IT: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
APEX-Agents63.6%—
Remote Labor Index16.1%—
τ²-bench Banking39.7%—
PostTrainBench41.8%—
GBAEval74.5%—
GDP.pdf30%—
LMArena Search1230—
Vending-Bench 25,680—

Reasoning Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 76.8 (#4), Gemma 2 2b IT: 20.5 (#219)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts15081113
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
SimpleBench81.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark91.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.7%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt28.6%—
Chess Puzzles41%—
EnigmaEval39.3%—
EBR-Bench39.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles52%—
DTBench98.4%—
LMCA61.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench95%—
Bench to the Future 30.13—
Epoch Capabilities Index163.6—

Math Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 88.4 (#5), Gemma 2 2b IT: 30.1 (#212)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Math15191135
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87%—
FrontierMath Tier 490.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench95%—
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 62.3 (#22), Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.3 (#229)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Expert15341096
GPQA Diamond85.9%—
SimpleQA Verified70.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 45.6 (#14), Gemma 2 2b IT: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Vision1326—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly35.8%—
LMArena Document1496—

Multilingual Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 57.6 (#8), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.5 (#252)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Non-English14831121
LMArena Chinese15461132
LMArena French15091156
LMArena German14861114
LMArena Japanese15071083
LMArena Korean14931055
LMArena Russian15071118
LMArena Spanish15031140

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 78.8 (#7), Gemma 2 2b IT: 58.1 (#258)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Instruction Following15031118

Long Context Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#22), Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.2 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Longer Query15101130

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 76.1 (#5), Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.6 (#258)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Text14911156
LMArena Creative Writing14941147
LMArena Multi-Turn15051118
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1943—
EQ-Bench 41340—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5 better than Gemma 2 2b IT?

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.3 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Fable 5 or Gemma 2 2b IT better for coding?

Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.0 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5 and Gemma 2 2b IT share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5 has 61 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 2b IT has 17.

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