Model Comparison

Claude 3 Haiku vs Gemma 2 27B

Claude 3 Haiku has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 3 benchmarks (ARC-C, GSM8k, HumanEval), while Gemma 2 27B is better at 2 benchmarks (HellaSwag, MATH).

Claude 3 Haiku has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input tokens$0.25
Output tokens$1.25
Best providerAnthropic
Google
Gemma 2 27B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3 Haiku specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3 Haiku specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Google
Gemma 2 27B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude 3 Haiku supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemma 2 27B does not.

Claude 3 Haiku can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3 Haiku

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemma 2 27B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 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 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 2 27B

Gemma

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while Gemma 2 27B was released on 2024-06-27.

Gemma 2 27B is 4 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.1 years ago

Gemma 2 27B

Jun 27, 2024

1.8 years ago

3mo newer

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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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher ARC-C score (89.2% vs 71.4%)
Higher GSM8k score (88.9% vs 74.0%)
Higher HumanEval score (75.9% vs 51.8%)
Google
Has open weights
Higher HellaSwag score (86.4% vs 85.9%)
Higher MATH score (42.3% vs 38.9%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Google
Gemma 2 27B

FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Haiku vs Gemma 2 27B

Claude 3 Haiku has a slight edge in benchmark performance. Claude 3 Haiku is made by Anthropic and Gemma 2 27B is made by Google. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Claude 3 Haiku scores ARC-C: 89.2%, GSM8k: 88.9%, HellaSwag: 85.9%, DROP: 78.4%, HumanEval: 75.9%. Gemma 2 27B scores ARC-E: 88.6%, HellaSwag: 86.4%, BoolQ: 84.8%, TriviaQA: 83.7%, Winogrande: 83.7%.
Claude 3 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.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Gemma). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude 3 Haiku is developed by Anthropic and Gemma 2 27B is developed by Google.