Model comparison

Gemma 3 27B vs Grok Build 0.1

Grok Build 0.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.4 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 13× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok Build 0.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 27B

Google

30.8

Rank #284 Confirmed

Grok Build 0.1 xAI

36.4

Rank #216 Reported

Summary

They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 1 category and Grok Build 0.1 in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in coding, where Grok Build 0.1 leads 43.1 to 22.5.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 21.2% for Gemma 3 27B and 50.2% for Grok Build 0.1.
Gemma 3 27B is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.16 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $2 for Grok Build 0.1.
Grok Build 0.1 accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 131K.
Gemma 3 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 27B and Grok Build 0.1 specifications
	Gemma 3 27B	Grok Build 0.1
Provider	Google	xAI
Noometry Index	30.8	36.4
Released	2025-03-11	2026-04-16
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	131K	256K
Max output	8K	256K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.08	$1
Output $ / M tokens	$0.16	$2
Results tracked	43	3

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Category by category

Coding Grok Build 0.1 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), Grok Build 0.1: 43.1 (#91)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Grok Build 0.1
SciCode	21.2%	50.2%
Aider Polyglot	4.9%	—
LiveBench Coding	39.9%	—
LMArena Coding	1322	—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemma 3 27B leads

Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), Grok Build 0.1: 22.7 (#129)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Grok Build 0.1
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	29.5%	—
GBAEval	—	2.4%

Reasoning Grok Build 0.1 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), Grok Build 0.1: 32.2 (#77)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Grok Build 0.1
CritPt	0%	9.1%
Kagi LLM Benchmark	40.4%	—
Chess Puzzles	0%	—
LiveBench Reasoning	43.8%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	1340	—
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), Grok Build 0.1: —

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Grok Build 0.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	22.5%	—
LiveBench Math	55.4%	—
LMArena Math	1312	—
MATH Level 5	74%	—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), Grok Build 0.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Grok Build 0.1
GPQA Diamond	47.7%	—
Confabulations	40.3%	—
Vectara Hallucination Rate	7.4%	—
LMArena Expert	1304	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), Grok Build 0.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Grok Build 0.1
LMArena Vision	1164	—
GeoBench	52%	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), Grok Build 0.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Grok Build 0.1
LMArena Non-English	1334	—
LMArena Chinese	1346	—
LMArena French	1368	—
LMArena German	1362	—
LMArena Japanese	1287	—
LMArena Korean	1308	—
LMArena Russian	1349	—
LMArena Spanish	1349	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160), Grok Build 0.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Grok Build 0.1
LiveBench Instruction Following	74.9%	—
LMArena Instruction Following	1321	—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), Grok Build 0.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Grok Build 0.1
Fiction.LiveBench	33.3%	—
LMArena Longer Query	1333	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), Grok Build 0.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Grok Build 0.1
LMArena Text	1358	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1346	—
Short-Story Creative Writing	79.9%	—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1266	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1345	—
LiveBench Language	34.6%	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 27B better than Grok Build 0.1?

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 27B or Grok Build 0.1?

Gemma 3 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.16 per million output tokens; Grok Build 0.1 lists at $1 and $2.

Is Gemma 3 27B or Grok Build 0.1 better for coding?

Grok Build 0.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.1 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok Build 0.1 does, with 256K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Grok Build 0.1 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Grok Build 0.1 has 3.