Claude Opus 4.5 is Anthropic’s frontier reasoning model optimized for complex software engineering, agentic workflows, and long-horizon computer use. It offers strong multimodal capabilities, competitive performance across real-world coding…
Model details →Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) vs Google: Gemma 2 27B
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Gemma 2 27B by Google is an open model built from the same research and technology used to create the [Gemini models](/models?q=gemini). Gemma models are well-suited for a variety of...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) | Google: Gemma 2 27B | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 200K | 8K | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.50 | $0.65 | 🏆 Google: Gemma 2 27B |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $12.50 | $0.65 | 🏆 Google: Gemma 2 27B |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | — | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | — | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | — | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) |
Frequently asked questions
Is Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) better than Google: Gemma 2 27B?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) and Google: Gemma 2 27B?
Input: $2.50 vs $0.65 per 1M tokens. Output: $12.50 vs $0.65 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) and Google: Gemma 2 27B support?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) supports up to 200K tokens. Google: Gemma 2 27B supports up to 8K tokens.
Do both Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) and Google: Gemma 2 27B support tool calling?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch): yes. Google: Gemma 2 27B: not advertised.