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Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Gemma 2 9B

Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.0 to -4.9.

Anthropic · Google · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 50.0 to -4.9, ranking #19 overall.

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

Choose Claude Haiku 5.5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 50.0 and ranks #19 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Gemma 2 9B

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Haiku 5.5
Anthropic
Gemma 2 9B
Google
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
50.0
#19
-4.9
#370
Reasoning
47.2
#27
-5.2
#363
Coding
40.2
#13
-11.1
#280
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.10 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.50 / 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 Haiku 5.5
Gemma 2 9B
Math
25.7#110
-3.8#320
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

36 reported for Claude Haiku 5.5 · 16 for Gemma 2 9B

No common benchmarks found

Claude Haiku 5.5 and Gemma 2 9Bdon'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 Haiku 5.5 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Haiku 5.5 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 5.5
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Google
Gemma 2 9B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Oct 08 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude Haiku 5.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemma 2 9B does not.

Claude Haiku 5.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Haiku 5.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemma 2 9B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Haiku 5.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Gemma 2 9B uses Gemma.

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

Claude Haiku 5.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 2 9B

Gemma

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Haiku 5.5 was released on 2026-10-07, while Gemma 2 9B was released on 2024-06-27.

Claude Haiku 5.5 is 28 months newer than Gemma 2 9B.

Claude Haiku 5.5

Oct 7, 2026

1 days ago

2.3yr newer
Gemma 2 9B

Jun 27, 2024

2.3 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Haiku 5.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Gemma 2 9B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Haiku 5.5's training data extends to 2026-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Gemma 2 9B's cutoff date.

Claude Haiku 5.5

Jun 2026

Gemma 2 9B

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Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Haiku 5.5 and Gemma 2 9B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Haiku 5.5
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Gemma 2 9B
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Gemma 2 9B.

Which is better, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Gemma 2 9B?

Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.0 to -4.9. Claude Haiku 5.5 is made by Anthropic and Gemma 2 9B 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 Haiku 5.5 compare to Gemma 2 9B in benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 5.5 scores Global-MMLU: 87.8%, MILU: 87.6%, BenchCAD (with Python tool): 87.0%, Chartography: 86.2%, SWE-bench Multilingual: 83.7%. Gemma 2 9B scores ARC-E: 88.0%, BoolQ: 84.2%, HellaSwag: 81.9%, PIQA: 81.7%, Winogrande: 80.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Haiku 5.5 and Gemma 2 9B?

Claude Haiku 5.5 supports 1.0M tokens and Gemma 2 9B 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 Haiku 5.5 and Gemma 2 9B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (50.0 vs -4.9), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Gemma). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Haiku 5.5 and Gemma 2 9B?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is developed by Anthropic and Gemma 2 9B is developed by Google.

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