Model comparison
Gemma 2 27B vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads 38.8 to 10.7.
- Gemma 2 27B is cheaper at $0.65 / $0.65 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $2 for Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct.
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 8K.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 27B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 43.0 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2025-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 8K | 131K |
| Max output | 2K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.65 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.65 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 42.5 (#98)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1211 | 1440 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 31.1 (#81)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1198 | 1428 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 66.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 28.1% | — |
| DTBench | 48% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 47.9% | — |
| LMCA | 7.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.08 | — |
| LiveBench | 38.2% | — |
Math Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 38.8 (#126)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1212 | 1440 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.4% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 26.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 27.9% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.8 (#106)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1172 | 1417 |
| GPQA Diamond | 36.5% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.6% |
| Confabulations | 27.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 63% |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.1 (#93)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1217 | 1407 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1221 | 1460 |
| LMArena French | 1247 | 1413 |
| LMArena German | 1209 | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | 1395 |
| LMArena Korean | 1174 | 1364 |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | 1404 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1228 | 1435 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 70.8 (#159)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1206 | 1389 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.1% | — |
| IFEval | — | 81% |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#223)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1403 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 55.6% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.0 (#121)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1231 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1241 | 1334 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1224 | 1416 |
| WildBench | — | 80.7% |
| LiveBench Language | 32.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 27B better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 2 27B or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Gemma 2 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct lists at $0.50 and $2.
Is Gemma 2 27B or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct does, with 131K tokens against 8K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.