Gemini 1.5 Flash vs Gemma 2 27B Comparison

Comparing Gemini 1.5 Flash and Gemma 2 27B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Gemini 1.5 Flash outperforms in 5 benchmarks (GSM8k, HellaSwag, HumanEval, MATH, MMLU), while Gemma 2 27B is better at 0 benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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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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Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash
Input tokens$0.15
Output tokens$0.60
Best providerGoogle
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 Gemini 1.5 Flash specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 1.5 Flash specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Google
Gemma 2 27B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 1.5 Flash supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemma 2 27B does not.

Gemini 1.5 Flash can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemma 2 27B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 1.5 Flash 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.

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 2 27B

Gemma

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 1.5 Flash was released on 2024-05-01, while Gemma 2 27B was released on 2024-06-27.

Gemma 2 27B is 2 months newer than Gemini 1.5 Flash.

Gemini 1.5 Flash

May 1, 2024

1.9 years ago

Gemma 2 27B

Jun 27, 2024

1.7 years ago

1mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.5 Flash has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-11-01, while Gemma 2 27B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 1.5 Flash's training data extends to 2023-11-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Gemma 2 27B's cutoff date.

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Nov 2023

Gemma 2 27B

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (1,048,576 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GSM8k score (86.2% vs 74.0%)
Higher HellaSwag score (86.5% vs 86.4%)
Higher HumanEval score (74.3% vs 51.8%)
Higher MATH score (77.9% vs 42.3%)
Higher MMLU score (78.9% vs 75.2%)
Has open weights
GoogleGemini 1.5 Flash
GoogleGemma 2 27B

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash
Google
Gemma 2 27B