Model comparison

ERNIE 5.1 vs Gemma 2 27B

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 29.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.1

Rank #87 Confirmed

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.2

Rank #302 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 27B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 37.5 to 10.0.
  • Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.1 and Gemma 2 27B specifications
ERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
ProviderBaiduGoogle
Noometry Index43.129.2
Released—2024-06-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—8K
Max output—2K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.65
Output $ / M tokens—$0.65
Results tracked1934

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Category by category

Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 43.4 (#78), Gemma 2 27B: 33.5 (#243)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Coding14881211
BigCodeBench Instruct—42.8%
LiveBench Coding—36%
BigCodeBench Complete—52.5%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: —, Gemma 2 27B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Search1227—

Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 20.9 (#209), Gemma 2 27B: 14.8 (#313)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Hard Prompts14811199
NYT Connections (extended)23.4%—
LiveBench Reasoning—28.1%
DTBench—48%
LiveBench Data Analysis—47.9%
LMCA—7.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—122.06
LiveBench—38.2%

Math ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 37.5 (#96), Gemma 2 27B: 10.0 (#306)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Math14811212
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—1.4%
LiveBench Math—26.5%
MATH Level 5—27.9%

Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 41.2 (#103), Gemma 2 27B: 18.9 (#275)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Expert14911172
GPQA Diamond—36.5%
Confabulations—27.1%
MMLU—75.7%

Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 55.7 (#28), Gemma 2 27B: 38.8 (#221)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Non-English14551217
LMArena Chinese15071221
LMArena French14861246
LMArena German14701209
LMArena Japanese14221175
LMArena Korean14281174
LMArena Russian14591234
LMArena Spanish14721228

Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 76.9 (#35), Gemma 2 27B: 60.7 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Instruction Following14601206
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.1%

Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#56), Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#213)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Longer Query14621231

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 65.3 (#50), Gemma 2 27B: 44.4 (#220)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Text14681231
LMArena Creative Writing14401241
LMArena Multi-Turn14711224
LiveBench Language—32.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Gemma 2 27B?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 29.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is ERNIE 5.1 or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 33.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Gemma 2 27B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.

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