Model comparison
Gemma 3 27B vs Qwen3-4B
Qwen3-4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-4B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-4B leads 33.0 to 25.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 22.5% for Gemma 3 27B and 52.2% for Qwen3-4B.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-4B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 31.9 |
| 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 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| SciCode | 21.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3-4B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | 35.7% |
Reasoning Qwen3-4B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 4% |
| 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 Qwen3-4B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | 52.2% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 38.5% |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1312 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-4B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | 52.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | 5.7% |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1304 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Qwen3-4B?
Qwen3-4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Qwen3-4B share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.