Model comparison
Gemma 3 27B vs Llama 13b
Gemma 3 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 5 categories and Llama 13b in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 3 27B leads 52.5 to 13.8.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 27B | Llama 13b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 24.4 |
| Released | 2025-03-11 | 2023-02-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | — |
| Results tracked | 43 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 683 |
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| SciCode | 21.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | 728 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.04 | 100.58 |
| 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% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 37.9% |
| HellaSwag | — | 79.2% |
| LAMBADA | — | 75.2% |
| LiveBench | 50% | — |
| PIQA | — | 80.1% |
| WinoGrande | — | 73% |
Math Too close to call
Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 838 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 20.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1304 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 52.7% |
| BoolQ | — | 78.7% |
| MMLU | — | 47.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 56.4% |
| TriviaQA | — | 77.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
| ScienceQA | — | 43.3% |
Multilingual Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | 819 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1346 | — |
| LMArena French | 1368 | — |
| LMArena German | 1362 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1349 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160), Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | 781 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | 834 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | 794 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1345 | 753 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 27B better than Llama 13b?
Gemma 3 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 3 27B or Llama 13b better for coding?
Gemma 3 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 22.5 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Llama 13b share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.