Model comparison
Gemma 2 27B vs Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 3 in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Large 3 leads 38.7 to 10.7.
- Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.65 / $0.65 for Gemma 2 27B.
- Mistral Large 3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 8K.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 8K | 262K |
| Max output | 2K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.65 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.65 | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1211 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1198 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 28.1% | — |
| DTBench | 48% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 47.9% | — |
| LMCA | 7.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.08 | — |
| LiveBench | 38.2% | — |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1212 | 1414 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 26.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 27.9% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads
Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1172 | 1421 |
| GPQA Diamond | 36.5% | — |
| Confabulations | 27.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1217 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1221 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1247 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1209 | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | 1174 | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1228 | 1440 |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1206 | 1403 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.1% | — |
Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads
Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1231 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1241 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1224 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
| LiveBench Language | 32.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 27B better than Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 2 27B or Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; Gemma 2 27B lists at $0.65 and $0.65.
Is Gemma 2 27B or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (34.1 vs 34.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Large 3 does, with 262K tokens against 8K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Mistral Large 3 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.