Model comparison
Gemma 2 27B vs Magistral Medium
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 2 27B costs 4.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Magistral Medium's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 1 category and Magistral Medium in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Magistral Medium leads 35.1 to 10.7.
- Gemma 2 27B is cheaper at $0.65 / $0.65 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.
- Magistral Medium accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 8K.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 27B | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 35.2 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 8K | 262K |
| Max output | 2K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.65 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.65 | $5 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1211 | 1319 |
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1198 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 28.1% | — |
| DTBench | 48% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 47.9% | — |
| LMCA | 7.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.08 | — |
| LiveBench | 38.2% | — |
Math Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1212 | 1250 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 26.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 27.9% | — |
Knowledge Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1172 | 1223 |
| GPQA Diamond | 36.5% | — |
| Confabulations | 27.1% | — |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |
Multilingual Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1217 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1221 | 1227 |
| LMArena French | 1247 | 1267 |
| LMArena German | 1209 | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 1174 | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1228 | 1271 |
Instruction Following Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1206 | 1254 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.1% | — |
Long Context Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1231 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1241 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1224 | 1275 |
| LiveBench Language | 32.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 27B better than Magistral Medium?
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 2 27B costs 4.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Magistral Medium's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 2 27B or Magistral Medium?
Gemma 2 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.
Is Gemma 2 27B or Magistral Medium better for coding?
Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Magistral Medium does, with 262K tokens against 8K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Magistral Medium share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.