Noometry

Model comparison

Gemma 2 27B vs Grok-3 mini

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.4

Rank #312 Confirmed

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 1 category and Grok-3 mini in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok-3 mini leads 42.1 to 10.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.4% for Gemma 2 27B and 77.8% for Grok-3 mini.
  • Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2 27BGrok-3 mini
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index29.441.2
Released2024-06-242025-04-09
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window8K—
Max output2K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.65—
Output $ / M tokens$0.65—
Results tracked3435

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Category by category

Coding Grok-3 mini leads

Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGrok-3 mini
LMArena Coding12111379
Aider Polyglot—49.3%
WeirdML—42.6%
BigCodeBench Instruct42.8%—
LiveBench Coding36%—
BigCodeBench Complete52.5%—

Reasoning Gemma 2 27B leads

Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGrok-3 mini
LMArena Hard Prompts11981375
Epoch Capabilities Index122.08140.35
ARC-AGI-2—0.4%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—61.3%
ARC-AGI-1—16.5%
LiveBench Reasoning28.1%—
DTBench48%—
LiveBench Data Analysis47.9%—
LMCA7.1%—
LiveBench38.2%—

Math Grok-3 mini leads

Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGrok-3 mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.4%77.8%
LMArena Math12121386
MATH Level 527.9%90.9%
Omni-MATH—31.8%
LiveBench Math26.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—5.9%

Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads

Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGrok-3 mini
GPQA Diamond36.5%76.3%
Confabulations27.1%10.8%
LMArena Expert11721395
MMLU-Pro—79.9%
GPQA (HELM)—67.5%
MMLU75.7%—

Multilingual Grok-3 mini leads

Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGrok-3 mini
LMArena Non-English12171352
LMArena Chinese12211387
LMArena French12471357
LMArena German12091349
LMArena Japanese11751342
LMArena Korean11741335
LMArena Russian12341353
LMArena Spanish12281381

Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads

Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGrok-3 mini
LMArena Instruction Following12061357
LiveBench Instruction Following58.1%—
IFEval—95.1%

Long Context Grok-3 mini leads

Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGrok-3 mini
LMArena Longer Query12311372
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Grok-3 mini leads

Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGrok-3 mini
LMArena Text12311370
LMArena Creative Writing12411342
LMArena Multi-Turn12241355
Short-Story Creative Writing—73.5%
WildBench—65.1%
LiveBench Language32.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 27B better than Grok-3 mini?

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 27B or Grok-3 mini better for coding?

Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Grok-3 mini share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Grok-3 mini has 35.

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