Model comparison
Gemma 3 27B vs Solar Pro4
Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 5.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Solar Pro4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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UpstageSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 0 categories and Solar Pro4 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Solar Pro4 leads 40.1 to 22.5.
- Gemma 3 27B is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.16 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for Solar Pro4.
- Solar Pro4 accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 131K.
- Gemma 3 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 27B | Solar Pro4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Upstage | |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 42.1 |
| Released | 2025-03-11 | 2026-08-06 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | 524K |
| Max output | 8K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 43 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1437 |
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1371 |
| SciCode | 21.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), Solar Pro4: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | — |
Reasoning Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | 1399 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 43.8% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 51.5% | — |
| LMCA | 12.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.04 | — |
| LiveBench | 50% | — |
Math Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1416 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |
Knowledge Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1304 | 1427 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), Solar Pro4: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
Multilingual Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | 1361 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1346 | 1415 |
| LMArena French | 1368 | 1397 |
| LMArena German | 1362 | 1364 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | 1309 |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | 1382 |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | 1360 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1349 | 1401 |
Instruction Following Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | 1377 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |
Long Context Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | 1381 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Solar Pro4 leads
Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | 1386 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | 1316 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1345 | 1385 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 27B better than Solar Pro4?
Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 5.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Solar Pro4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 27B or Solar Pro4?
Gemma 3 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.16 per million output tokens; Solar Pro4 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.
Is Gemma 3 27B or Solar Pro4 better for coding?
Solar Pro4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Solar Pro4 does, with 524K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Solar Pro4 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.