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PaLM 2

PaLM 2 is a proprietary model from Google. It ranks #401 of 351 on the LMArena text leaderboard with a rating of 1027.

LMArena text1027+0 in 30 days
Rank#401/351
95% interval1018–1036
Votes8.6K
Developer
Google DeepMind
Released
May 22, 2023
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Price in / out, per 1M tokens
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Weights
Proprietary
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PaLM 2, LMArena text rating over time
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LatestPaLM 2 1027

The rating LMArena published at each update since May 22, 2023. Ratings move as votes come in and new models join.

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Google DeepMind

Google’s AI lab, behind Gemini and the open Gemma family, with very long context and native multimodality. Founded 2010 (DeepMind), merged with Google Brain in 2023, based in London. deepmind.google

Questions

Who makes PaLM 2?

PaLM 2 is made by Google DeepMind, founded 2010 (DeepMind), merged with Google Brain in 2023 and based in London.

How does PaLM 2 rank?

#401 of 351 on LMArena’s text leaderboard, rated 1027 (95% interval 1018–1036) from 8,554 votes, as of Oct 22, 2026.

Is PaLM 2 open source?

No. PaLM 2 is proprietary and served through its provider’s API.

Sources

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