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Claude 3 Haiku vs Gemma 2 9B

Claude 3 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Anthropic · Google · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 6 benchmarks (ARC-C, GSM8k, HellaSwag, HumanEval, MATH, MMLU), while Gemma 2 9B is better at 0 benchmarks. Claude 3 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude 3 Haiku

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 6 of 6 shared benchmarks

Choose Gemma 2 9B

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jun 2024
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3 Haiku
Anthropic
Gemma 2 9B
Google
Benchmark wins
6 of 6
0 of 6
Input price
$0.25 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.25 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
—
Released
Mar 2024
Jun 2024
License
Proprietary
Gemma

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 6 benchmarks (ARC-C, GSM8k, HellaSwag, HumanEval, MATH, MMLU), while Gemma 2 9B is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude 3 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3 Haiku specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3 Haiku specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Google
Gemma 2 9B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude 3 Haiku supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemma 2 9B does not.

Claude 3 Haiku can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3 Haiku

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemma 2 9B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Gemma 2 9B uses Gemma.

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

Claude 3 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 2 9B

Gemma

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while Gemma 2 9B was released on 2024-06-27.

Gemma 2 9B is 4 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.5 years ago

Gemma 2 9B

Jun 27, 2024

2.2 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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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 2 9B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3 Haiku
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Gemma 2 9B
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Haiku vs Gemma 2 9B.

Which is better, Claude 3 Haiku or Gemma 2 9B?

Claude 3 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude 3 Haiku is made by Anthropic and Gemma 2 9B is made by Google. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Claude 3 Haiku compare to Gemma 2 9B in benchmarks?

Claude 3 Haiku scores ARC-C: 89.2%, GSM8k: 88.9%, HellaSwag: 85.9%, DROP: 78.4%, HumanEval: 75.9%. Gemma 2 9B scores ARC-E: 88.0%, BoolQ: 84.2%, HellaSwag: 81.9%, PIQA: 81.7%, Winogrande: 80.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 2 9B?

Claude 3 Haiku supports 200K tokens and Gemma 2 9B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 2 9B?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Gemma). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 2 9B?

Claude 3 Haiku is developed by Anthropic and Gemma 2 9B is developed by Google.

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