Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Gemma 2 27B

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 2 27B costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.4

Rank #312 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 27B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 51.7 to 10.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 95.6% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 1.4% for Gemma 2 27B.
  • Gemma 2 27B is cheaper at $0.65 / $0.65 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 8K.
  • Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 2 27B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index52.329.4
Released2025-12-172024-06-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M8K
Max output66K2K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$0.65
Output $ / M tokens$3$0.65
Results tracked5934

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 2 27B
LMArena Coding14601211
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—42.8%
LiveBench Coding—36%
BigCodeBench Complete—52.5%
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Gemma 2 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 2 27B
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 2 27B
LMArena Hard Prompts14651198
DTBench89.1%48%
LMCA43.1%7.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8122.08
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
LiveBench Reasoning—28.1%
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—47.9%
ForecastBench58.5—
LiveBench—38.2%

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 2 27B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%1.4%
LMArena Math14731212
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
ProofBench15%—
LiveBench Math—26.5%
MATH Level 5—27.9%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 2 27B
GPQA Diamond89.4%36.5%
LMArena Expert14621172
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Confabulations—27.1%
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—
MMLU—75.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Gemma 2 27B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 2 27B
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 2 27B
LMArena Non-English14581217
LMArena Chinese15111221
LMArena French14771247
LMArena German14971209
LMArena Japanese14891175
LMArena Korean14431174
LMArena Russian14801234
LMArena Spanish14691228

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 2 27B
LMArena Instruction Following14371206
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.1%

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 2 27B
LMArena Longer Query14521231

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 2 27B
LMArena Text14661231
LMArena Creative Writing14571241
LMArena Multi-Turn14711224
LiveBench Language—32.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Gemma 2 27B?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 2 27B costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Gemma 2 27B?

Gemma 2 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens; Gemini 3 Flash Preview lists at $0.50 and $3.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 8K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Gemma 2 27B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.

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