Model comparison

Gemma 3 27B vs GLM-4.7

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 27B Google

30.8

Rank #284 Confirmed

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.7 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-4.7 leads 44.0 to 22.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 22.5% for Gemma 3 27B and 83.3% for GLM-4.7.
  • Gemma 3 27B is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.16 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.7.
  • GLM-4.7 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Gemma 3 27B and GLM-4.7 specifications
Gemma 3 27BGLM-4.7
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index30.842.0
Released2025-03-112025-12-22
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K205K
Max output8K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.08$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$0.16$2.20
Results tracked4336

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.7 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BGLM-4.7
SciCode21.2%45.1%
LMArena Coding13221454
Aider Polyglot4.9%—
LMArena WebDev—1435
LiveBench Coding39.9%—
ALE-Bench—399.48

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-4.7 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BGLM-4.7
Terminal-Bench—33.4%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard29.5%—
Vending-Bench 2—2,377

Reasoning GLM-4.7 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BGLM-4.7
CritPt0%1.7%
Chess Puzzles0%6%
LMArena Hard Prompts13401443
Epoch Capabilities Index130.04143.51
SimpleBench—47.7%
Kagi LLM Benchmark40.4%—
LiveBench Reasoning43.8%—
DTBench52.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis51.5%—
LMCA12.3%—
LiveBench50%—

Math GLM-4.7 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BGLM-4.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202522.5%83.3%
LMArena Math13121423
ProofBench—6%
LiveBench Math55.4%—
MATH Level 574%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—2.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge GLM-4.7 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BGLM-4.7
GPQA Diamond47.7%83.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%11.7%
LMArena Expert13041424
SimpleQA Verified—32.2%
Confabulations40.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), GLM-4.7: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BGLM-4.7
LMArena Vision1164—
GeoBench52%—

Multilingual GLM-4.7 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BGLM-4.7
LMArena Non-English13341417
LMArena Chinese13461495
LMArena French13681432
LMArena German13621424
LMArena Japanese12871439
LMArena Korean13081399
LMArena Russian13491423
LMArena Spanish13491434

Instruction Following GLM-4.7 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160), GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BGLM-4.7
LMArena Instruction Following13211411
LiveBench Instruction Following74.9%—

Long Context GLM-4.7 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BGLM-4.7
LMArena Longer Query13331432
Fiction.LiveBench33.3%—
CL-bench—15.9%
CL-bench Life—10.9%

Writing & Preference GLM-4.7 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BGLM-4.7
LMArena Text13581435
LMArena Creative Writing13461401
EQ-Bench Creative Writing12661413
LMArena Multi-Turn13451446
Short-Story Creative Writing79.9%—
LiveBench Language34.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 27B better than GLM-4.7?

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 27B or GLM-4.7?

Gemma 3 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.16 per million output tokens; GLM-4.7 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.

Is Gemma 3 27B or GLM-4.7 better for coding?

GLM-4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-4.7 does, with 205K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and GLM-4.7 share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.7 has 36.

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