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Claude Opus 5.5 vs Gemma 2 27B

Claude Opus 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 59.7 to -0.7.

Anthropic · Google · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Opus 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.7 to -0.7, ranking #1 overall.

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

Choose Claude Opus 5.5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 59.7 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 Sep 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 Opus 5.5
Anthropic
Gemma 2 27B
Google
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
59.7
#1
-0.7
#336
Reasoning
57.8
#1
-1.1
#332
Coding
51.7
#1
-7.9
#269
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$4.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$20.00 / 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 Opus 5.5
Gemma 2 27B
Math
42.5#5
-0.7#298
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

31 reported for Claude Opus 5.5 · 16 for Gemma 2 27B

No common benchmarks found

Claude Opus 5.5 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 Opus 5.5 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Opus 5.5 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Opus 5.5
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Google
Gemma 2 27B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Sep 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude Opus 5.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemma 2 27B does not.

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

Claude Opus 5.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemma 2 27B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 5.5 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 Opus 5.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 2 27B

Gemma

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 5.5 was released on 2026-09-22, while Gemma 2 27B was released on 2024-06-27.

Claude Opus 5.5 is 27 months newer than Gemma 2 27B.

Claude Opus 5.5

Sep 22, 2026

0 days ago

2.2yr newer
Gemma 2 27B

Jun 27, 2024

2.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Opus 5.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Gemma 2 27B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Opus 5.5's training data extends to 2026-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Gemma 2 27B's cutoff date.

Claude Opus 5.5

Jun 2026

Gemma 2 27B

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Opus 5.5 and Gemma 2 27B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 5.5 vs Gemma 2 27B.

Which is better, Claude Opus 5.5 or Gemma 2 27B?

Claude Opus 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 59.7 to -0.7. Claude Opus 5.5 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 Opus 5.5 compare to Gemma 2 27B in benchmarks?

Claude Opus 5.5 scores BenchCAD (with Python tool): 96.2%, Global-MMLU: 94.3%, SWE-bench Multilingual: 93.9%, MILU: 93.1%, ArXivMath: 91.2%. 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 Opus 5.5 and Gemma 2 27B?

Claude Opus 5.5 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 Opus 5.5 and Gemma 2 27B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (59.7 vs -0.7), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Gemma). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Opus 5.5 and Gemma 2 27B?

Claude Opus 5.5 is developed by Anthropic and Gemma 2 27B is developed by Google.

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