Model comparison

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.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) Google

31.9

Rank #253 Confirmed

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.2

Rank #302 Confirmed

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.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Gemma 2 27B specifications
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2 27B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index31.929.2
Released2024-02-152024-06-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—8K
Max output—2K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.65
Output $ / M tokens—$0.65
Results tracked4534

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

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

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2 27B
BigCodeBench Instruct43.8%42.8%
LMArena Coding12941211
BigCodeBench Complete57.5%52.5%
WeirdML22.2%—
LiveBench Coding—36%
CadEval34%—
HumanEval+79.3%—
MBPP+74.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2 27B
TheAgentCompany3.4%—
Cybench7.5%—
BALROG21%—

Reasoning Gemma 2 27B leads

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

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Hard Prompts12961199
DTBench59%48%
Epoch Capabilities Index131.73122.06
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench27.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning—28.1%
LiveBench Data Analysis—47.9%
LMCA—7.1%
BIG-Bench Hard89.2%—
ForecastBench58.4—
LiveBench—38.2%

Math Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

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

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2 27B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202523.1%1.4%
LMArena Math13151212
MATH Level 570.4%27.9%
Omni-MATH36.4%—
LiveBench Math—26.5%

Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

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

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2 27B
GPQA Diamond57.2%36.5%
Confabulations13.5%27.1%
LMArena Expert12791172
MMLU86.9%75.7%
Humanity's Last Exam4.6%—
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
GPQA (HELM)53.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

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

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Vision1161—
Video-MME75%—

Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

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

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Non-English13121217
LMArena Chinese13311221
LMArena French13011246
LMArena German12861209
LMArena Japanese12921175
LMArena Korean12981174
LMArena Russian13201234
LMArena Spanish13101228

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

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

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Instruction Following12971206
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.1%
IFEval83.7%—

Long Context Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

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

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Longer Query13081231

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads

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

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemma 2 27B
LMArena Text13191231
LMArena Creative Writing13331241
LMArena Multi-Turn12961224
WildBench81.3%—
LiveBench Language—32.6%

Frequently asked questions

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.

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