Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Gemma 2 27B
Gemma 2 27B costs 15.4x less per output token than Gemini 2.5 Pro ($0.65 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 33 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 2.5 Pro or Gemma 2 27B: which to pick
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a coding score, 19.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemma 2 27B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Gemma 2 27B for output tokens 15.4x cheaper ($0.65 vs $10.00 per million).
- Shared results
- 33
- Gemini 2.5 Pro only
- 54
- Gemma 2 27B only
- 3
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a AA Intelligence Index result, 16.1.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.6.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a Design Arena: websites result, 1167.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro takes 1.05M tokens against 8K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemma 2 27B
Gemini 2.5 Pro $0.0063, Gemma 2 27B $0.0010 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has the number, $0.64.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 2.5 Pro 19.1 from 3 benchmarks, Gemma 2 27B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 53.9 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- OTIS Mock AIME: Gemini 2.5 Pro 84.7% against Gemma 2 27B 1.4%, 83.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 2.5 Pro $10.00 against Gemma 2 27B $0.65 per million output tokens, 15.4x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 2.5 Pro takes 1.05M tokens, Gemma 2 27B 8K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Bars | Gemma 2 27B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 4 | 0 | ||
| Math | 3 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 19 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 33 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Gemma 2 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 53.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1226 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| AA Coding Index | 33.3 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 54.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 0.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| SciCode | 46.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 26.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 32.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| GSO-Bench | 3.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| WeirdML | 54.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1452 | 1211 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1459 | 1228 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1235 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1285 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Gemma 2 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 16.1 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.1 | 122.1 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Gemma 2 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.6 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 54.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| GDPval | 23.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 41.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $574 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Gemma 2 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 84.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 22.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 85.3% | 36.5% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| ARC-AGI | 41.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1455 | 1198 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1452 | 1171 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1453 | 1206 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1274 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1281 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Gemma 2 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 87.7 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 87.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 84.7% | 1.4% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 24.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MATH level 5 | Not measured | 27.9% | Only Gemma 2 27B measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1450 | 1212 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1454 | 1221 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Gemma 2 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.0% | Only Gemma 2 27B measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 63.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 60.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 50.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 86.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MMLU | Not measured | 75.7% | Only Gemma 2 27B measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1480 | 1228 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1476 | 1198 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1480 | 1241 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1439 | 1208 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Gemma 2 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1167 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1140 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1111 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1221 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1081 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1152 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index190
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Gemma 2 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 41.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 73.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| IFBench | 48.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 69.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| DTBench | 82.4% | 48.0% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMCA | 34.8% | 7.1% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 83.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text | 1458 | 1231 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1437 | 1206 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1454 | 1240 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1458 | 1242 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1452 | 1217 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1507 | 1221 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: German | 1487 | 1209 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1461 | 1175 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1434 | 1174 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: French | 1473 | 1248 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1474 | 1228 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1461 | 1234 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1479 | 1277 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1453 | 1224 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1449 | 1230 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1454 | 1249 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1441 | 1212 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1261 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1300 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1270 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1262 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1304 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1283 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1265 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Document | 1421 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Gemma 2 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemma 2 27B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemma 2 27B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemma 2 27B costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Gemini 2.5 Pro | Google Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | ||
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | June 17, 2025 | July 13, 2024 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 8K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.25 | $0.65 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $0.65 |
| Coding index | 19.1 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.64 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Pro better than Gemma 2 27B for coding?
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a coding score, 19.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemma 2 27B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Gemma 2 27B for output tokens 15.4x cheaper ($0.65 vs $10.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Gemma 2 27B?
Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Gemma 2 27B costs $0.65 and $0.65. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 2.5 Pro only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Gemma 2 27B?
Gemini 2.5 Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 8K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Gemma 2 27B comparison based on?
33 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 2.5 Pro's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Gemma 2 27B's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.