Gemma 2 27B vs DeepSeek-V2.5 Comparison

Comparing Gemma 2 27B and DeepSeek-V2.5 across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Gemma 2 27B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while DeepSeek-V2.5 is better at 4 benchmarks (GSM8k, HumanEval, MATH, MMLU).

DeepSeek-V2.5 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
Gemma 2 27B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5
Input tokens$0.14
Output tokens$0.28
Best providerDeepSeek
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

208.8B diff

DeepSeek-V2.5 has 208.8B more parameters than Gemma 2 27B, making it 767.6% larger.

Google
Gemma 2 27B
27.2Bparameters
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5
236.0Bparameters
27.2B
Gemma 2 27B
236.0B
DeepSeek-V2.5

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only DeepSeek-V2.5 specifies input context (8,192 tokens). Only DeepSeek-V2.5 specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

Google
Gemma 2 27B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5
Input8,192 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 2 27B is licensed under Gemma, while DeepSeek-V2.5 uses deepseek.

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

Gemma 2 27B

Gemma

Open weights

DeepSeek-V2.5

deepseek

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 2 27B was released on 2024-06-27, while DeepSeek-V2.5 was released on 2024-05-08.

Gemma 2 27B is 2 months newer than DeepSeek-V2.5.

Gemma 2 27B

Jun 27, 2024

1.7 years ago

1mo newer
DeepSeek-V2.5

May 8, 2024

1.9 years ago

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

Larger context window (8,192 tokens)
Higher GSM8k score (95.1% vs 74.0%)
Higher HumanEval score (89.0% vs 51.8%)
Higher MATH score (74.7% vs 42.3%)
Higher MMLU score (80.4% vs 75.2%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemma 2 27B
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5