Gemma 2 9B vs Claude 3.5 Haiku

Comparing Gemma 2 9B by Google and Claude 3.5 Haiku by Anthropic across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Claude 3.5 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Gemma 2 9B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Claude 3.5 Haiku is better at 2 benchmarks (HumanEval, MATH).

Claude 3.5 Haiku 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 9B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Input tokens$0.80
Output tokens$4.00
Best providerAWS Bedrock
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3.5 Haiku specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3.5 Haiku specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Google
Gemma 2 9B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 2 9B is licensed under Gemma, while Claude 3.5 Haiku uses a proprietary license.

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

Gemma 2 9B

Gemma

Open weights

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 2 9B was released on 2024-06-27, while Claude 3.5 Haiku was released on 2024-10-22.

Claude 3.5 Haiku is 4 months newer than Gemma 2 9B.

Gemma 2 9B

Jun 27, 2024

1.7 years ago

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Oct 22, 2024

1.4 years ago

3mo 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

Has open weights
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Higher HumanEval score (88.1% vs 40.2%)
Higher MATH score (69.4% vs 36.6%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemma 2 9B
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku