Gemma 2 27B vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct Comparison

Comparing Gemma 2 27B and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

Gemma 2 27B outperforms in 1 benchmarks (ARC-C), while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is better at 5 benchmarks (GSM8k, HumanEval, MATH, MBPP, MMLU).

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct 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
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

12.5B diff

Gemma 2 27B has 12.5B more parameters than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct, making it 85.0% larger.

Google
Gemma 2 27B
27.2Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
14.7Bparameters
27.2B
Gemma 2 27B
14.7B
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 2 27B is licensed under Gemma, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Gemma 2 27B

Gemma

Open weights

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 2 27B was released on 2024-06-27, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is 3 months newer than Gemma 2 27B.

Gemma 2 27B

Jun 27, 2024

1.7 years ago

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.5 years ago

2mo 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

Higher ARC-C score (71.4% vs 67.3%)
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Higher GSM8k score (94.8% vs 74.0%)
Higher HumanEval score (83.5% vs 51.8%)
Higher MATH score (80.0% vs 42.3%)
Higher MBPP score (82.0% vs 62.6%)
Higher MMLU score (79.7% vs 75.2%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemma 2 27B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct