Model comparison
Gemma 3 27B vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
Gemma 3 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 3 27B leads 52.5 to 27.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 55.4% for Gemma 3 27B and 15.7% for Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 27.9 |
| Released | 2025-03-11 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | — |
| Results tracked | 43 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct leads
Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | 15.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1093 |
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| SciCode | 21.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 54.2% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 43.8% | 26.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | 1072 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 51.5% | 34.7% |
| LiveBench | 50% | 22.4% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LMCA | 12.3% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 52.8% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.04 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 76.7% |
| WinoGrande | — | 70.8% |
Math Too close to call
Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | 15.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1111 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1304 | 1045 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.9% |
| MMLU | — | 68.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 64% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | 1021 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1346 | 1021 |
| LMArena French | 1368 | 1076 |
| LMArena German | 1362 | 1044 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | 935 |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | 905 |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | 1022 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1349 | 1085 |
Instruction Following Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | 39.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | 1053 |
Long Context Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct leads
Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | 1044 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | 1073 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | 1037 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1345 | 1018 |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | 9.2% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 27B better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?
Gemma 3 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 3 27B or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 26.6 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?
25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.