Noometry

Model comparison

Gemma 2 27B vs GPT-4.1 mini

GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.6 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.4

Rank #312 Confirmed

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.6

Rank #240 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 3 categories and GPT-4.1 mini in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-4.1 mini leads 34.7 to 19.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 27.9% for Gemma 2 27B and 87.3% for GPT-4.1 mini.
  • Gemma 2 27B is cheaper at $0.65 / $0.65 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.60 for GPT-4.1 mini.
  • GPT-4.1 mini accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 8K.
  • Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2 27BGPT-4.1 mini
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index29.433.6
Released2024-06-242025-04-14
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window8K1.05M
Max output2K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.65$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$0.65$1.60
Results tracked3447

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-4.1 mini
BigCodeBench Instruct42.8%48.9%
LMArena Coding12111367
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—23.9%
Aider Polyglot—32.4%
SciCode—40.4%
WeirdML—37.6%
LiveBench Coding36%—
BigCodeBench Complete52.5%—
CadEval—16%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: —, GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-4.1 mini
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—50.5%

Reasoning Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-4.1 mini
LMArena Hard Prompts11981349
DTBench48%68.8%
LMCA7.1%21.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index122.08135.01
ARC-AGI-2—0%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—48.6%
ARC-AGI-1—3.5%
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles—7%
LiveBench Reasoning28.1%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—7%
LiveBench Data Analysis47.9%—
LiveBench38.2%—

Math GPT-4.1 mini leads

Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-4.1 mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.4%44.7%
LMArena Math12121343
MATH Level 527.9%87.3%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—6.7%
Omni-MATH—49.1%
LiveBench Math26.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—4.5%

Knowledge GPT-4.1 mini leads

Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-4.1 mini
GPQA Diamond36.5%65.8%
LMArena Expert11721338
SimpleQA Verified—12.7%
MMLU-Pro—78.3%
Confabulations27.1%—
GPQA (HELM)—61.4%
MMLU75.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: —, GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-4.1 mini
LMArena Vision—1181

Multilingual GPT-4.1 mini leads

Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-4.1 mini
LMArena Non-English12171318
LMArena Chinese12211329
LMArena French12471358
LMArena German12091351
LMArena Japanese11751290
LMArena Korean11741298
LMArena Russian12341324
LMArena Spanish12281319

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 mini leads

Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-4.1 mini
LMArena Instruction Following12061333
LiveBench Instruction Following58.1%—
IFEval—90.4%

Long Context Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-4.1 mini
LMArena Longer Query12311344
Fiction.LiveBench—44.4%

Writing & Preference GPT-4.1 mini leads

Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-4.1 mini
LMArena Text12311340
LMArena Creative Writing12411300
LMArena Multi-Turn12241354
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1147
WildBench—83.8%
LiveBench Language32.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 27B better than GPT-4.1 mini?

GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.6 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 2 27B or GPT-4.1 mini?

Gemma 2 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens; GPT-4.1 mini lists at $0.40 and $1.60.

Is Gemma 2 27B or GPT-4.1 mini better for coding?

Gemma 2 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-4.1 mini does, with 1.05M tokens against 8K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and GPT-4.1 mini share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4.1 mini has 47.

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