Model comparison

Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Gemma 3 27B

Gemma 3 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.5 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.1

Rank #327 Confirmed

Gemma 3 27B Google

30.5

Rank #277 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 3 categories and Gemma 3 27B in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 3 27B leads 52.7 to 36.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.2% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 74% for Gemma 3 27B.
  • Gemma 3 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemma 3 27B specifications
Gemini 1.0 ProGemma 3 27B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index27.130.5
Released2023-12-132025-03-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.08
Output $ / M tokens—$0.16
Results tracked2443

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 1.0 Pro leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 31.6 (#270), Gemma 3 27B: 22.1 (#329)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 3 27B
LMArena Coding11081322
Aider Polyglot—4.9%
SciCode—21.2%
LiveBench Coding—39.9%
HumanEval+55.5%—
MBPP+61.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, Gemma 3 27B: 24.9 (#105)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 3 27B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—29.5%

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 16.4 (#292), Gemma 3 27B: 16.3 (#297)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 3 27B
LMArena Hard Prompts11091340
DTBench45.9%52.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index116.97130.04
Kagi LLM Benchmark—40.4%
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles—0%
LiveBench Reasoning—43.8%
LiveBench Data Analysis—51.5%
LMCA—12.3%
LiveBench—50%

Math Gemma 3 27B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 8.7 (#315), Gemma 3 27B: 24.4 (#261)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 3 27B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%22.5%
LMArena Math11321312
MATH Level 511.2%74%
LiveBench Math—55.4%

Knowledge Gemma 3 27B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.5 (#286), Gemma 3 27B: 25.4 (#256)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 3 27B
GPQA Diamond34%47.7%
LMArena Expert10591303
Confabulations—40.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—7.4%
MMLU70%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, Gemma 3 27B: 32.0 (#94)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 3 27B
LMArena Vision—1165
GeoBench—52%

Multilingual Gemma 3 27B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.5 (#247), Gemma 3 27B: 47.0 (#150)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 3 27B
LMArena Non-English11381334
LMArena Chinese11241347
LMArena French11441368
LMArena German11251362
LMArena Japanese10231287
LMArena Russian11861349
LMArena Spanish11181348
LMArena Korean—1308

Instruction Following Gemma 3 27B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.9 (#262), Gemma 3 27B: 70.8 (#155)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 3 27B
LMArena Instruction Following11141321
LiveBench Instruction Following—74.9%

Long Context Gemini 1.0 Pro leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#244), Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#288)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 3 27B
LMArena Longer Query11321333
Fiction.LiveBench—33.3%

Writing & Preference Gemma 3 27B leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.2 (#259), Gemma 3 27B: 52.7 (#161)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemma 3 27B
LMArena Text11491358
LMArena Creative Writing11301346
LMArena Multi-Turn11391344
Short-Story Creative Writing—79.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1266
LiveBench Language—34.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Gemma 3 27B?

Gemma 3 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.5 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Gemma 3 27B better for coding?

Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.6 versus 22.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemma 3 27B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 27B has 43.

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