Claude Instant 1.2 and Gemma 2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude Instant 1.2 shipped 323 days before Gemma 2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Instant 1.2 is proprietary, while Gemma 2 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Instant 1.2 and Gemma 2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.