Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Gemma 3 27B

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 9.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when DeepSeek V4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

Gemma 3 27B Google

30.8

Rank #284 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 9 categories and Gemma 3 27B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 16.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.6% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 22.5% for Gemma 3 27B.
  • Gemma 3 27B is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.16 per million input/output tokens, against $0.66 / $1.98 for DeepSeek V4 Pro.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Gemma 3 27B specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProGemma 3 27B
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index54.330.8
Released2026-04-242025-03-11
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M131K
Max output393K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.66$0.08
Output $ / M tokens$1.98$0.16
Results tracked4843

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 3 27B
SciCode51%21.2%
LMArena Coding14701322
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
Aider Polyglot—4.9%
LMArena WebDev1582—
WeirdML66.2%—
LiveBench Coding—39.9%
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 3 27B
APEX-Agents47.3%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—29.5%
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 3 27B
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%40.4%
CritPt18%0%
Chess Puzzles47%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14611340
DTBench93.9%52.5%
LMCA45.5%12.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31130.04
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
LiveBench Reasoning—43.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—51.5%
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
ForecastBench56.1—
LiveBench—50%

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 3 27B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%22.5%
LMArena Math14551312
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
ProofBench50%—
LiveBench Math—55.4%
MATH Level 5—74%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 3 27B
GPQA Diamond91.7%47.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%7.4%
LMArena Expert14641304
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
Confabulations—40.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: —, Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 3 27B
LMArena Vision—1164
GeoBench—52%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 3 27B
LMArena Non-English14391334
LMArena Chinese14861346
LMArena French14721368
LMArena German14581362
LMArena Japanese14451287
LMArena Korean14471308
LMArena Russian14531349
LMArena Spanish14581349

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 3 27B
LMArena Instruction Following14481321
LiveBench Instruction Following—74.9%

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 3 27B
LMArena Longer Query14581333
Fiction.LiveBench—33.3%
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 3 27B
LMArena Text14511358
LMArena Creative Writing14461346
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15531266
LMArena Multi-Turn14671345
Short-Story Creative Writing—79.9%
EQ-Bench 41166—
LiveBench Language—34.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Gemma 3 27B?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 9.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when DeepSeek V4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

Gemma 3 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.16 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4 Pro lists at $0.66 and $1.98.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Gemma 3 27B better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Pro does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Gemma 3 27B share?

28 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 27B has 43.

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