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Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Gemma 2 27B

Claude 3.5 Haiku leads the LLM Stats Score 5.4 to -0.5.

Anthropic · Google · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3.5 Haiku leads the overall LLM Stats Score 5.4 to -0.5, ranking #283 overall.

In the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude 3.5 Haiku wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude 3.5 Haiku

  • overall performance matters — it scores 5.4 and ranks #283 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 2 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2024

Choose Gemma 2 27B

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic
Gemma 2 27B
Google
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
5.4
#283
-0.5
#314
Reasoning
5.6
#280
-0.9
#311
Coding
4.4
#198
-7.9
#249
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
2 of 2
0 of 2
Input price
$0.80 / M
— / M
Output price
$4.00 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Gemma 2 27B
Math
10.8#241
-0.3#288
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

9 reported for Claude 3.5 Haiku · 16 for Gemma 2 27B

2 shared

Claude 3.5 Haiku outperforms in 2 benchmarks (HumanEval, MATH), while Gemma 2 27B is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude 3.5 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Wed Sep 02 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3.5 Haiku specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3.5 Haiku specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Google
Gemma 2 27B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Sep 02 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.5 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Gemma 2 27B uses Gemma.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 2 27B

Gemma

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Haiku was released on 2024-10-22, while Gemma 2 27B was released on 2024-06-27.

Claude 3.5 Haiku is 4 months newer than Gemma 2 27B.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Oct 22, 2024

1.9 years ago

3mo newer
Gemma 2 27B

Jun 27, 2024

2.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3.5 Haiku and Gemma 2 27B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Gemma 2 27B.

Which is better, Claude 3.5 Haiku or Gemma 2 27B?

Claude 3.5 Haiku leads the LLM Stats Score 5.4 to -0.5. Claude 3.5 Haiku is made by Anthropic and Gemma 2 27B is made by Google. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude 3.5 Haiku compare to Gemma 2 27B in benchmarks?

Claude 3.5 Haiku scores HumanEval: 88.1%, MGSM: 85.6%, DROP: 83.1%, MATH: 69.4%, MMLU-Pro: 65.0%. Gemma 2 27B scores ARC-E: 88.6%, HellaSwag: 86.4%, BoolQ: 84.8%, TriviaQA: 83.7%, Winogrande: 83.7%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3.5 Haiku and Gemma 2 27B?

Claude 3.5 Haiku supports 200K tokens and Gemma 2 27B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude 3.5 Haiku and Gemma 2 27B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (5.4 vs -0.5), licensing (Proprietary vs Gemma). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3.5 Haiku and Gemma 2 27B?

Claude 3.5 Haiku is developed by Anthropic and Gemma 2 27B is developed by Google.

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