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Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Gemma 2 27B

Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads the LLM Stats Score 24.2 to -0.5.

Anthropic · Google · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads the overall LLM Stats Score 24.2 to -0.5, ranking #155 overall.

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

Choose Claude 3.7 Sonnet

  • overall performance matters — it scores 24.2 and ranks #155 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Feb 2025

Choose Gemma 2 27B

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Anthropic
Gemma 2 27B
Google
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
24.2
#155
-0.5
#314
Reasoning
23.3
#154
-0.9
#311
Coding
14.0
#123
-7.9
#249
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$3.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$15.00 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Gemma 2 27B
Math
16.7#194
-0.3#288
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Claude 3.7 Sonnet · 16 for Gemma 2 27B

No common benchmarks found

Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Gemma 2 27Bdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3.7 Sonnet specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3.7 Sonnet specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Input200,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Google
Gemma 2 27B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Sep 01 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude 3.7 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemma 2 27B does not.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemma 2 27B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.7 Sonnet 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 3.7 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 2 27B

Gemma

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.7 Sonnet was released on 2025-02-24, while Gemma 2 27B was released on 2024-06-27.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is 8 months newer than Gemma 2 27B.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Feb 24, 2025

1.5 years ago

8mo 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 3.7 Sonnet and Gemma 2 27B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Gemma 2 27B.

Which is better, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Gemma 2 27B?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads the LLM Stats Score 24.2 to -0.5. Claude 3.7 Sonnet 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 3.7 Sonnet compare to Gemma 2 27B in benchmarks?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet scores MATH-500: 96.2%, IFEval: 93.2%, MMMLU: 86.1%, GPQA: 84.8%, TAU-bench Retail: 81.2%. 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 3.7 Sonnet and Gemma 2 27B?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet 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 3.7 Sonnet and Gemma 2 27B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (24.2 vs -0.5), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Gemma). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Gemma 2 27B?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is developed by Anthropic and Gemma 2 27B is developed by Google.

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