Model comparison

Gemma 3 27B vs Step 1o Turbo 202506

Step 1o Turbo 202506 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 27B Google

30.8

Rank #284 Confirmed

Step 1o Turbo 202506 StepFun

39.7

Rank #160 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 2 categories and Step 1o Turbo 202506 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads 39.2 to 22.5.
  • Gemma 3 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 27B and Step 1o Turbo 202506 specifications
Gemma 3 27BStep 1o Turbo 202506
ProviderGoogleStepFun
Noometry Index30.839.7
Released2025-03-11—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K—
Max output8K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.08—
Output $ / M tokens$0.16—
Results tracked4314

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Category by category

Coding Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 39.2 (#160)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Coding13221339
Aider Polyglot4.9%—
SciCode21.2%—
LiveBench Coding39.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), Step 1o Turbo 202506: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BStep 1o Turbo 202506
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard29.5%—

Reasoning Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 26.8 (#129)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Hard Prompts13401335
Kagi LLM Benchmark40.4%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles0%—
LiveBench Reasoning43.8%—
DTBench52.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis51.5%—
LMCA12.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index130.04—
LiveBench50%—

Math Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.6 (#164)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Math13121318
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202522.5%—
LiveBench Math55.4%—
MATH Level 574%—

Knowledge Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.1 (#176)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Expert13041308
GPQA Diamond47.7%—
Confabulations40.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%—

Multimodal Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.1 (#80)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Vision11641186
GeoBench52%—

Multilingual Gemma 3 27B leads

Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 45.3 (#173)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Non-English13341313
LMArena Chinese13461380
LMArena German13621314
LMArena Russian13491327
LMArena French1368—
LMArena Japanese1287—
LMArena Korean1308—
LMArena Spanish1349—

Instruction Following Gemma 3 27B leads

Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 69.2 (#176)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Instruction Following13211310
LiveBench Instruction Following74.9%—

Long Context Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads

Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 41.0 (#146)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Longer Query13331348
Fiction.LiveBench33.3%—

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 53.1 (#160)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Text13581336
LMArena Creative Writing13461307
LMArena Multi-Turn13451340
Short-Story Creative Writing79.9%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1266—
LiveBench Language34.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 27B better than Step 1o Turbo 202506?

Step 1o Turbo 202506 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 3 27B or Step 1o Turbo 202506 better for coding?

Step 1o Turbo 202506 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.2 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Step 1o Turbo 202506 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Step 1o Turbo 202506 has 14.

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