# Gemma 3 27B vs GLM-4.5

> GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-3-27b-vs-glm-4-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 22

## Summary

- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.5 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-4.5 leads 41.1 to 22.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Confabulations: 40.3% for Gemma 3 27B and 11.3% for GLM-4.5.
- Gemma 3 27B is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.16 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.5.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 30.5 | 41.4 |
| Rank | 277 | 125 |
| Context | 131K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.08 | $0.60 |
| Output $/M | $0.16 | $2.20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 3 27B: 22.1 (#329)
- GLM-4.5: 41.1 (#121)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1434 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 54.2% |
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| SciCode | 21.2% | — |
| WeirdML | — | 40.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 344.82 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.52 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemma 3 27B: 24.9 (#105)
- GLM-4.5: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 3 27B: 16.3 (#297)
- GLM-4.5: 27.7 (#99)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | 57.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | 1430 |
| 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

- Gemma 3 27B: 24.4 (#261)
- GLM-4.5: 36.3 (#119)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1427 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 3 27B: 25.4 (#256)
- GLM-4.5: 35.5 (#172)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Confabulations | 40.3% | 11.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1303 | 1433 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 8.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemma 3 27B: 32.0 (#94)
- GLM-4.5: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1165 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 3 27B: 47.0 (#150)
- GLM-4.5: 53.0 (#74)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | 1417 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1368 | 1423 |
| LMArena German | 1362 | 1406 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | 1416 |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | 1382 |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | 1414 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1348 | 1454 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 3 27B: 70.8 (#155)
- GLM-4.5: 74.3 (#100)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | 1405 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#288)
- GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#196)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | 58.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | 1413 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 3 27B: 52.7 (#161)
- GLM-4.5: 57.7 (#121)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | 1430 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | 1395 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | 73.4% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | 1343 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1344 | 1415 |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 3 27B better than GLM-4.5?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 27B or GLM-4.5?

Gemma 3 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.16 per million output tokens; GLM-4.5 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.

### Is Gemma 3 27B or GLM-4.5 better for coding?

GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.1 versus 22.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 131K tokens.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and GLM-4.5 share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5 has 27.