Model comparison
Gemma 3 27B vs Qwen3-1.7B
Gemma 3 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.5 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3-1.7B in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 3 27B leads 24.4 to 15.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 22.5% for Gemma 3 27B and 8.1% for Qwen3-1.7B.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-1.7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 30.5 | 26.2 |
| Released | 2025-03-11 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | — |
| Results tracked | 43 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 22.1 (#329), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| SciCode | 21.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call
Gemma 3 27B: 24.9 (#105), Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | 28.4% |
Reasoning Qwen3-1.7B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 16.3 (#297), Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| CritPt | 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 Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 24.4 (#261), Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | 8.1% |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1312 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.4 (#256), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | 38% |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1303 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 32.0 (#94), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1165 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 47.0 (#150), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | — |
| LMArena French | 1368 | — |
| LMArena German | 1362 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1348 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 70.8 (#155), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#288), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 52.7 (#161), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1344 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 27B better than Qwen3-1.7B?
Gemma 3 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.5 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Qwen3-1.7B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.