# Gemma 3 27B vs GLM-4.7

> GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-3-27b-vs-glm-4-7
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 25

## Summary

- They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.7 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-4.7 leads 44.0 to 22.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 22.5% for Gemma 3 27B and 83.3% for GLM-4.7.
- Gemma 3 27B is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.16 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.7.
- GLM-4.7 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 131K.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 42.0 |
| Rank | 284 | 124 |
| Context | 131K | 205K |
| Input $/M | $0.08 | $0.60 |
| Output $/M | $0.16 | $2.20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334)
- GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 21.2% | 45.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1454 |
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1435 |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 399.48 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110)
- GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 33.4% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 2,377 |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301)
- GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 1.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | 1443 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.04 | 143.51 |
| SimpleBench | — | 47.7% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 43.8% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 51.5% | — |
| LMCA | 12.3% | — |
| LiveBench | 50% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265)
- GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | 83.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1423 |
| ProofBench | — | 6% |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 2.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261)
- GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | 83.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | 11.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1304 | 1424 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 32.2% |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100)
- GLM-4.7: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155)
- GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | 1417 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1346 | 1495 |
| LMArena French | 1368 | 1432 |
| LMArena German | 1362 | 1424 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | 1439 |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | 1423 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1349 | 1434 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160)
- GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | 1411 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293)
- GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | 1432 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
| CL-bench | — | 15.9% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 10.9% |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168)
- GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | 1435 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | 1401 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | 1413 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1345 | 1446 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 3 27B better than GLM-4.7?

GLM-4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 27B or GLM-4.7?

Gemma 3 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.16 per million output tokens; GLM-4.7 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.

### Is Gemma 3 27B or GLM-4.7 better for coding?

GLM-4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-4.7 does, with 205K tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and GLM-4.7 share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.7 has 36.