# Gemma 2 27B vs Mistral Large 3

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-27b-vs-mistral-large-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 3 in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Large 3 leads 38.7 to 10.7.
- Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.65 / $0.65 for Gemma 2 27B.
- Mistral Large 3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 8K.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 39.1 |
| Rank | 312 | 176 |
| Context | 8K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.65 | $0.25 |
| Output $/M | $0.65 | $0.75 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)
- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1211 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)
- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1198 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 28.1% | — |
| DTBench | 48% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 47.9% | — |
| LMCA | 7.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.08 | — |
| LiveBench | 38.2% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)
- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1212 | 1414 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 26.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 27.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)
- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1172 | 1421 |
| GPQA Diamond | 36.5% | — |
| Confabulations | 27.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemma 2 27B: —
- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226)
- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1217 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1221 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1247 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1209 | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | 1174 | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1228 | 1440 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249)
- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1206 | 1403 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.1% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218)
- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1413 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225)
- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1231 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1241 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1224 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
| LiveBench Language | 32.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 2 27B better than Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Gemma 2 27B or Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; Gemma 2 27B lists at $0.65 and $0.65.

### Is Gemma 2 27B or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (34.1 vs 34.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 3 does, with 262K tokens against 8K.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Mistral Large 3 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.