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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Claude Haiku 3 vs Gemma 2 27B

Claude Haiku 3 comes out ahead, 46 to 35 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Anthropic

    Claude Haiku 3

    Released Mar 13, 2024

    46/100
    • ECI118.8
    • Price$0.25 / $1.25
    • Context200K
    Full specs Remove Claude Haiku 3

  2. Google

    Gemma 2 27B

    Released Jul 13, 2024

    35/100
    • ECI122.1
    • Price$0.65 / $0.65
    • Context8K
    Full specs Remove Gemma 2 27B

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01 — Verdict

Claude Haiku 3 is our pick

Claude Haiku 3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 46/100 against Gemma 2 27B (35). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. Gemma 2 27B wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityGemma 2 27BCapabilities Index (ECI): Gemma 2 27B 122.1 · Claude Haiku 3 118.8
  • Lowest priceClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3 $0.50 · Gemma 2 27B $0.65 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3 200,000 · Gemma 2 27B 8,192 tokens
  • Widest inputsClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3: Text, Images, PDFs · Gemma 2 27B: Text
  • Self-hostingGemma 2 27BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightClaude Haiku 3Gemma 2 27B
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%3842
Price25%6156
Inputs & features15%600
Context window10%320
Overall100%46/10035/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Claude Haiku 3 vs Gemma 2 27B specifications side by side
SpecificationClaude Haiku 3AnthropicGemma 2 27BGoogle
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)118.8122.1 (best)
ECI rank#156 of 165#152 of 165 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions36.3%36.5% (best)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics1.8% (best)1.4%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.25 (best)$0.65
Output$1.25$0.65 (best)
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$0.50 (best)$0.65
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 3 providersMedian of 3 providers
Limits
Context window200,000 tokens (best)8,192 tokens
Max output4,096 tokens (best)2,048 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesNo
PDFsYesNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
Tool callingYesNo
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpen
API model ID——
API providers33
ReleasedMar 13, 2024Jul 13, 2024
Knowledge cutoffAug 31, 2023Jun 30, 2024
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Claude Haiku 3$5.00
  • Gemma 2 27B$7.80
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Claude Haiku 3 or Gemma 2 27B?

Claude Haiku 3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 46/100 against Gemma 2 27B (35). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. Gemma 2 27B wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 3 or Gemma 2 27B?

Claude Haiku 3 is cheaper at $0.25 input / $1.25 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers). Gemma 2 27B costs $0.65 input / $0.65 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.50 per million tokens for Claude Haiku 3 versus $0.65 for Gemma 2 27B (1.3× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Gemma 2 27B scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Gemma 2 27B 122.1 (#152 of 165) and Claude Haiku 3 118.8 (#156 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (115.8–124.1 vs 111.7–121.4), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Gemma 2 27B 36.5%, Claude Haiku 3 36.3%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Claude Haiku 3 1.8%, Gemma 2 27B 1.4%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Claude Haiku 3 and Gemma 2 27B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Gemma 2 27B leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Note that Gemma 2 27B does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Haiku 3 has the largest context window at 200,000 tokens, against 8,192 for Gemma 2 27B. Maximum output per response: Claude Haiku 3 up to 4,096, Gemma 2 27B up to 2,048 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Claude Haiku 3 accepts text, images and PDFs; Gemma 2 27B accepts text. Claude Haiku 3 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Gemma 2 27B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Claude Haiku 3 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Gemma 2 27B is the newest, released Jul 13, 2024. Claude Haiku 3 came out Mar 13, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Haiku 3 Aug 31, 2023, Gemma 2 27B Jun 30, 2024.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.

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