Model Comparison

Gemma 2 27B vs Nova Micro

Nova Micro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Gemma 2 27B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Nova Micro is better at 5 benchmarks (ARC-C, GSM8k, HumanEval, MATH, MMLU).

Nova Micro 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
Amazon
Nova Micro
Input tokens$0.03
Output tokens$0.14
Best providerAWS Bedrock
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Nova Micro specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Nova Micro specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Google
Gemma 2 27B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Amazon
Nova Micro
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 2 27B is licensed under Gemma, while Nova Micro uses a proprietary license.

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

Gemma 2 27B

Gemma

Open weights

Nova Micro

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 2 27B was released on 2024-06-27, while Nova Micro was released on 2024-11-20.

Nova Micro is 5 months newer than Gemma 2 27B.

Gemma 2 27B

Jun 27, 2024

1.8 years ago

Nova Micro

Nov 20, 2024

1.4 years ago

4mo newer

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

Google
Has open weights
Amazon
Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Higher ARC-C score (90.2% vs 71.4%)
Higher GSM8k score (92.3% vs 74.0%)
Higher HumanEval score (81.1% vs 51.8%)
Higher MATH score (69.3% vs 42.3%)
Higher MMLU score (77.6% vs 75.2%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemma 2 27B
Amazon
Nova Micro

FAQ

Common questions about Gemma 2 27B vs Nova Micro

Nova Micro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemma 2 27B is made by Google and Nova Micro is made by Amazon. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Gemma 2 27B scores ARC-E: 88.6%, HellaSwag: 86.4%, BoolQ: 84.8%, TriviaQA: 83.7%, Winogrande: 83.7%. Nova Micro scores GSM8k: 92.3%, ARC-C: 90.2%, Translation Set1→en COMET22: 88.7%, Translation en→Set1 COMET22: 88.5%, IFEval: 87.2%.
Gemma 2 27B supports an unknown number of tokens and Nova Micro supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include licensing (Gemma vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemma 2 27B is developed by Google and Nova Micro is developed by Amazon.