
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.
- Developer
- Google DeepMind
- Released
- May 22, 2023
- Context window
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- Price in / out, per 1M tokens
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- Weights
- Proprietary
- Inputs
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- Reasoning
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- Tool use
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The rating LMArena published at each update since May 22, 2023. Ratings move as votes come in and new models join.
LMArena, by category
| Leaderboard | Rating | Rank | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TextLMArena | 1027 | 401 / 351 | 8.6K |
| CodingLMArena | 994 | 401 / 346 | 917 |
| MathLMArena | 1049 | 378 / 339 | 901 |
| Creative writingLMArena | 991 | 400 / 349 | 1.6K |
| Instruction followingLMArena | 1010 | 397 / 351 | 2.5K |
| Hard promptsLMArena | 1005 | 399 / 351 | 1.6K |
| Multi-turnLMArena | 994 | 396 / 349 | 1.2K |
| Long queriesLMArena | 1009 | 386 / 330 | 251 |
| Legal and governmentIndustries | 1006 | 382 / 325 | 428 |
| Medicine and healthcareIndustries | 962 | 381 / 325 | 303 |
| Business and financeIndustries | 959 | 399 / 344 | 755 |
| ChineseLanguages | 887 | 389 / 328 | 355 |
LMArena, CC BY 4.0, as of Oct 22, 2026. Where a model is rated at several effort levels, its best is shown.
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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.
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