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Claude Opus 4.5 vs Gemma 2 27B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Opus 4.5 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode

Gemma 2 27B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Gemma 2 27B
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.5
Context Window
Claude Opus 4.5
Speed
Claude Opus 4.5

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.5Gemma 2 27B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4.5Gemma 2 27B
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorAnthropicGoogle
ReleasedNov 2025Jul 2024

Claude Opus 4.5 Modalities

Input
fileimagetext
Output
text

Gemma 2 27B Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Gemma 2 27B has cheaper input pricing at $0.65/M tokens. Gemma 2 27B has cheaper output pricing at $0.65/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.5 has a 200,000 token context window, while Gemma 2 27B has a 8,192 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.5 supports vision. Gemma 2 27B supports vision.