Model comparison
Gemma 3 27B vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 3 categories and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 37.0 to 22.5.
- Gemma 3 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 27B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2025-03-11 | 2024-08-13 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | — |
| Results tracked | 43 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1269 |
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| SciCode | 21.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | — |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | 1255 |
| 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 Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1265 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |
Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1304 | 1238 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | 1257 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1346 | 1262 |
| LMArena French | 1368 | 1286 |
| LMArena German | 1362 | 1273 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | 1213 |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | 1195 |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | 1261 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1349 | 1279 |
Instruction Following Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | 1245 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |
Long Context Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | 1266 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | 1281 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | 1242 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1345 | 1265 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 27B better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 3 27B or Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better for coding?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.