Model comparison

Gemma 3 27B vs Nemotron 4 340b Instruct

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.3 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 27B Google

30.5

Rank #277 Confirmed

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct NVIDIA

35.3

Rank #218 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 3 categories and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads 34.6 to 22.1.

Side by side

Gemma 3 27B and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct specifications
Gemma 3 27BNemotron 4 340b Instruct
ProviderGoogleNVIDIA
Noometry Index30.535.3
Released2025-03-112024-06-14
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output8K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.08—
Output $ / M tokens$0.16—
Results tracked4317

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Category by category

Coding Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

Gemma 3 27B: 22.1 (#329), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.6 (#223)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Coding13221209
Aider Polyglot4.9%—
SciCode21.2%—
LiveBench Coding39.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 24.9 (#105), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 4 340b Instruct
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard29.5%—

Reasoning Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

Gemma 3 27B: 16.3 (#297), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 22.4 (#180)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13401202
Kagi LLM Benchmark40.4%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles0%—
LiveBench Reasoning43.8%—
DTBench52.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis51.5%—
LMCA12.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index130.04—
LiveBench50%—

Math Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

Gemma 3 27B: 24.4 (#261), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 31.7 (#193)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Math13121216
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202522.5%—
LiveBench Math55.4%—
MATH Level 574%—

Knowledge Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

Gemma 3 27B: 25.4 (#256), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 31.4 (#212)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Expert13031171
GPQA Diamond47.7%—
Confabulations40.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 32.0 (#94), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Vision1165—
GeoBench52%—

Multilingual Gemma 3 27B leads

Gemma 3 27B: 47.0 (#150), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 38.0 (#228)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Non-English13341206
LMArena Chinese13471214
LMArena French13681196
LMArena German13621192
LMArena Japanese12871128
LMArena Korean13081148
LMArena Russian13491219
LMArena Spanish13481195

Instruction Following Gemma 3 27B leads

Gemma 3 27B: 70.8 (#155), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.3 (#227)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13211203
LiveBench Instruction Following74.9%—

Long Context Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#288), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#216)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13331225
Fiction.LiveBench33.3%—

Writing & Preference Gemma 3 27B leads

Gemma 3 27B: 52.7 (#161), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.9 (#229)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Text13581225
LMArena Creative Writing13461203
LMArena Multi-Turn13441214
Short-Story Creative Writing79.9%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1266—
LiveBench Language34.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 27B better than Nemotron 4 340b Instruct?

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.3 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 3 27B or Nemotron 4 340b Instruct better for coding?

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.6 versus 22.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has 17.

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