Model comparison
Gemma 3 27B vs Mistral Small 3
Gemma 3 27B and Mistral Small 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.8 vs 31.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 5 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 3 27B leads 52.5 to 32.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 22.5% for Gemma 3 27B and 6.7% for Mistral Small 3.
- Mistral Small 3 is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.08 / $0.16 for Gemma 3 27B.
- Gemma 3 27B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 33K.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2025-03-11 | 2025-01-30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 33K |
| Max output | 8K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 43 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1246 |
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| SciCode | 21.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), Mistral Small 3: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | — |
Reasoning Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | 1233 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.04 | 127.07 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 43.8% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 51.5% | — |
| LMCA | 12.3% | — |
| LiveBench | 50% | — |
Math Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | 6.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1240 |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | 25.2% |
| LMArena Expert | 1304 | 1202 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), Mistral Small 3: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1346 | 1204 |
| LMArena French | 1368 | 1203 |
| LMArena German | 1362 | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | 1216 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1349 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | 1214 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |
Long Context Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | 1246 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | 1195 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | 707 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1345 | 1217 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 27B better than Mistral Small 3?
Gemma 3 27B and Mistral Small 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.8 vs 31.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 27B or Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Gemma 3 27B lists at $0.08 and $0.16.
Is Gemma 3 27B or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?
Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemma 3 27B does, with 131K tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Mistral Small 3 share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.