Model comparison

Gemma 3 27B vs Step 3.7 Flash

Step 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 4.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Step 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 27B

Google

30.8

Rank #284 Confirmed

Step 3.7 Flash

StepFun

37.3

Rank #207 Reported

Summary

They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 0 categories and Step 3.7 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in coding, where Step 3.7 Flash leads 40.0 to 22.5.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 21.2% for Gemma 3 27B and 40% for Step 3.7 Flash.
Gemma 3 27B is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.16 per million input/output tokens, against $0.18 / $1.11 for Step 3.7 Flash.
Step 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Gemma 3 27B and Step 3.7 Flash specifications
	Gemma 3 27B	Step 3.7 Flash
Provider	Google	StepFun
Noometry Index	30.8	37.3
Released	2025-03-11	2026-05-29
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	131K	256K
Max output	8K	256K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.08	$0.18
Output $ / M tokens	$0.16	$1.11
Results tracked	43	5

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Category by category

Coding Step 3.7 Flash leads

Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), Step 3.7 Flash: 40.0 (#150)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Step 3.7 Flash
SciCode	21.2%	40%
Aider Polyglot	4.9%	—
LiveBench Coding	39.9%	—
LMArena Coding	1322	—
ALE-Bench	—	694.12

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Step 3.7 Flash
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	29.5%	—

Reasoning Step 3.7 Flash leads

Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), Step 3.7 Flash: 21.6 (#219)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Step 3.7 Flash
CritPt	0%	2.3%
Kagi LLM Benchmark	40.4%	—
NYT Connections (extended)	—	39.7%
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 Step 3.7 Flash leads

Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), Step 3.7 Flash: 42.9 (#82)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Step 3.7 Flash
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions	—	68.5%
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), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Step 3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond	47.7%	—
Confabulations	40.3%	—
Vectara Hallucination Rate	7.4%	—
LMArena Expert	1304	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Step 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision	1164	—
GeoBench	52%	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Step 3.7 Flash
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), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Step 3.7 Flash
LiveBench Instruction Following	74.9%	—
LMArena Instruction Following	1321	—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Step 3.7 Flash
Fiction.LiveBench	33.3%	—
LMArena Longer Query	1333	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Step 3.7 Flash
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 Step 3.7 Flash?

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 27B or Step 3.7 Flash?

Gemma 3 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.16 per million output tokens; Step 3.7 Flash lists at $0.18 and $1.11.

Is Gemma 3 27B or Step 3.7 Flash better for coding?

Step 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Step 3.7 Flash does, with 256K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Step 3.7 Flash share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Step 3.7 Flash has 5.