Model comparison

Gemma 3 27B vs GLM-4.6V

GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 4.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.6V's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 27B

Google

30.8

Rank #284 Confirmed

GLM-4.6V Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.3

Rank #137 Confirmed

Summary

They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.6V in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-4.6V leads 40.9 to 22.5.
Gemma 3 27B is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.16 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $0.90 for GLM-4.6V.
Gemma 3 27B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Gemma 3 27B and GLM-4.6V specifications
	Gemma 3 27B	GLM-4.6V
Provider	Google	Z.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index	30.8	41.3
Released	2025-03-11	2025-12-08
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	131K	128K
Max output	8K	33K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.08	$0.30
Output $ / M tokens	$0.16	$0.90
Results tracked	43	12

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.6V leads

Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	GLM-4.6V
LMArena Coding	1322	1390
Aider Polyglot	4.9%	—
SciCode	21.2%	—
LiveBench Coding	39.9%	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), GLM-4.6V: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	GLM-4.6V
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	29.5%	—

Reasoning GLM-4.6V leads

Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	GLM-4.6V
LMArena Hard Prompts	1340	1368
Kagi LLM Benchmark	40.4%	—
CritPt	0%	—
Chess Puzzles	0%	—
LiveBench Reasoning	43.8%	—
DTBench	52.5%	—
LiveBench Data Analysis	51.5%	—
LMCA	12.3%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	130.04	—
LiveBench	50%	—

Math Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), GLM-4.6V: —

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	GLM-4.6V
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	22.5%	—
LiveBench Math	55.4%	—
LMArena Math	1312	—
MATH Level 5	74%	—

Knowledge GLM-4.6V leads

Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	GLM-4.6V
LMArena Expert	1304	1371
GPQA Diamond	47.7%	—
Confabulations	40.3%	—
Vectara Hallucination Rate	7.4%	—

Multimodal GLM-4.6V leads

Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	GLM-4.6V
LMArena Vision	1164	1164
GeoBench	52%	—

Multilingual GLM-4.6V leads

Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	GLM-4.6V
LMArena Non-English	1334	1359
LMArena Chinese	1346	1425
LMArena Russian	1349	1340
LMArena French	1368	—
LMArena German	1362	—
LMArena Japanese	1287	—
LMArena Korean	1308	—
LMArena Spanish	1349	—

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160), GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	GLM-4.6V
LMArena Instruction Following	1321	1352
LiveBench Instruction Following	74.9%	—

Long Context GLM-4.6V leads

Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	GLM-4.6V
LMArena Longer Query	1333	1358
Fiction.LiveBench	33.3%	—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.6V leads

Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	GLM-4.6V
LMArena Text	1358	1377
LMArena Creative Writing	1346	1347
LMArena Multi-Turn	1345	1360
Short-Story Creative Writing	79.9%	—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1266	—
LiveBench Language	34.6%	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 27B better than GLM-4.6V?

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 27B or GLM-4.6V?

Gemma 3 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.16 per million output tokens; GLM-4.6V lists at $0.30 and $0.90.

Is Gemma 3 27B or GLM-4.6V better for coding?

GLM-4.6V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.9 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemma 3 27B does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and GLM-4.6V share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.6V has 12.