Model comparison
Gemma 3 27B vs Granite 3.1 8b Instruct
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 4 categories and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 3 27B leads 52.5 to 35.5.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 27B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 32.4 |
| Released | 2025-03-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | — |
| Results tracked | 43 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1186 |
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| SciCode | 21.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call
Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | 27.1% |
Reasoning Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | 1145 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 43.8% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 51.5% | — |
| LMCA | 12.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.04 | — |
| LiveBench | 50% | — |
Math Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1152 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |
Knowledge Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1304 | 1142 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | 1099 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1346 | 1145 |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | 1092 |
| LMArena French | 1368 | — |
| LMArena German | 1362 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1349 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | 1131 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |
Long Context Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | 1162 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | 1150 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | 1129 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1345 | 1108 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 27B better than Granite 3.1 8b Instruct?
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 3 27B or Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better for coding?
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.5 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13.