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Claude Fable 5.2 vs Gemma 2 27B

Claude Fable 5.2 leads the LLM Stats Score 61.3 to -1.2.

Anthropic · Google · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Fable 5.2 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 61.3 to -1.2, ranking #1 overall.

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

Choose Claude Fable 5.2

  • overall performance matters — it scores 61.3 and ranks #1 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 2026

Choose Gemma 2 27B

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Fable 5.2
Anthropic
Gemma 2 27B
Google
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
61.3
#1
-1.2
#375
Reasoning
60.3
#1
-1.6
#370
Coding
50.7
#1
-8.0
#303
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$8.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$40.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude Fable 5.2
Gemma 2 27B
Math
46.8#2
-0.8#323
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

29 reported for Claude Fable 5.2 · 16 for Gemma 2 27B

No common benchmarks found

Claude Fable 5.2 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 Fable 5.2 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Fable 5.2 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Fable 5.2
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Google
Gemma 2 27B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Nov 10 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude Fable 5.2 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemma 2 27B does not.

Claude Fable 5.2 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Fable 5.2

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemma 2 27B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Fable 5.2 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 Fable 5.2

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 2 27B

Gemma

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Fable 5.2 was released on 2026-11-09, while Gemma 2 27B was released on 2024-06-27.

Claude Fable 5.2 is 29 months newer than Gemma 2 27B.

Claude Fable 5.2

Nov 9, 2026

0 days ago

2.4yr newer
Gemma 2 27B

Jun 27, 2024

2.4 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Fable 5.2 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Gemma 2 27B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Fable 5.2's training data extends to 2026-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Gemma 2 27B's cutoff date.

Claude Fable 5.2

Jun 2026

Gemma 2 27B

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Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Fable 5.2 and Gemma 2 27B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Fable 5.2
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Gemma 2 27B
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Fable 5.2 vs Gemma 2 27B.

Which is better, Claude Fable 5.2 or Gemma 2 27B?

Claude Fable 5.2 leads the LLM Stats Score 61.3 to -1.2. Claude Fable 5.2 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 Fable 5.2 compare to Gemma 2 27B in benchmarks?

Claude Fable 5.2 scores SWE-bench Multilingual: 96.6%, Global-MMLU: 96.0%, MILU: 94.1%, SWE-Bench Pro: 93.0%, Chartography: 91.6%. 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 Fable 5.2 and Gemma 2 27B?

Claude Fable 5.2 supports 1.0M 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 Fable 5.2 and Gemma 2 27B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (61.3 vs -1.2), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Gemma). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Fable 5.2 and Gemma 2 27B?

Claude Fable 5.2 is developed by Anthropic and Gemma 2 27B is developed by Google.

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