Model comparison
Gemma 3 27B vs Muse Spark
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 25.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 22.5% for Gemma 3 27B and 88.9% for Muse Spark.
- Gemma 3 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 27B | Muse Spark | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 50.6 |
| Released | 2025-03-11 | 2026-04-08 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | — |
| Results tracked | 43 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark leads
Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 21.2% | 51.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1481 |
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), Muse Spark: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | — |
Reasoning Muse Spark leads
Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 11.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | 1474 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.04 | 152.04 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 43.8% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 51.5% | — |
| LMCA | 12.3% | — |
| LiveBench | 50% | — |
Math Muse Spark leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | 88.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1455 |
| ProofBench | — | 17% |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |
Knowledge Muse Spark leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | 89.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1304 | 1457 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 40.6% |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
Multimodal Muse Spark leads
Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | 1306 |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |
Multilingual Muse Spark leads
Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | 1464 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1346 | 1509 |
| LMArena French | 1368 | 1497 |
| LMArena German | 1362 | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | 1459 |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | 1466 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1349 | 1472 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | — |
Instruction Following Muse Spark leads
Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160), Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | 1442 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |
Long Context Muse Spark leads
Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | 1451 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads
Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | 1474 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | 1459 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1345 | 1477 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 27B better than Muse Spark?
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 3 27B or Muse Spark better for coding?
Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Muse Spark share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark has 27.