Model comparison
Gemma 3 27B vs Longcat Flash Chat
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 0 categories and Longcat Flash Chat in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Longcat Flash Chat leads 43.5 to 22.5.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 27B | Longcat Flash Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meituan | |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 42.1 |
| Released | 2025-03-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | — |
| Results tracked | 43 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#87)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1471 |
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| SciCode | 21.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), Longcat Flash Chat: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | — |
Reasoning Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), Longcat Flash Chat: 19.0 (#272)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | 43.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | 1440 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 17.7% |
| 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 Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), Longcat Flash Chat: 39.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1442 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |
Knowledge Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), Longcat Flash Chat: 40.6 (#116)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1304 | 1454 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), Longcat Flash Chat: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
Multilingual Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), Longcat Flash Chat: 51.9 (#101)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1346 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1368 | 1456 |
| LMArena German | 1362 | 1408 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | 1373 |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | 1371 |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1349 | 1445 |
Instruction Following Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160), Longcat Flash Chat: 74.4 (#96)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | 1411 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |
Long Context Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#93)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | 1425 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Longcat Flash Chat leads
Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), Longcat Flash Chat: 61.0 (#91)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Longcat Flash Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | 1388 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1345 | 1418 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 27B better than Longcat Flash Chat?
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 3 27B or Longcat Flash Chat better for coding?
Longcat Flash Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Longcat Flash Chat share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Longcat Flash Chat has 19.