Model comparison
Gemma 3 27B vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 1 category and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 40.8 to 22.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 21.2% for Gemma 3 27B and 42.7% for Nova 2.0 Pro Preview.
- Gemma 3 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 27B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 33.4 |
| Released | 2025-03-11 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | — |
| Results tracked | 43 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 21.2% | 42.7% |
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
Reasoning Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 43.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 51.5% | — |
| LMCA | 12.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.04 | — |
| LiveBench | 50% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1312 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1304 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1346 | — |
| LMArena French | 1368 | — |
| LMArena German | 1362 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1349 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1345 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 27B better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 3 27B or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.