# Gemma 3 27B vs GLM-5.3

> GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-3-27b-vs-glm-5-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 26

## Summary

- They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.3 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.3 leads 62.1 to 24.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 22.5% for Gemma 3 27B and 91.1% for GLM-5.3.
- Gemma 3 27B is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.16 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.3.
- GLM-5.3 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 30.5 | 54.6 |
| Rank | 277 | 25 |
| Context | 131K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $0.08 | $1.40 |
| Output $/M | $0.16 | $4.40 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 3 27B: 22.1 (#329)
- GLM-5.3: 59.0 (#12)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 21.2% | 59% |
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1499 |
| DeepSWE | — | 69% |
| FrontierCode | — | 40.1% |
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1623 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 30.2% |
| WeirdML | — | 75.4% |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,317 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemma 3 27B: 24.9 (#105)
- GLM-5.3: 36.3 (#34)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 56.6% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 8,164 |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 3 27B: 16.3 (#297)
- GLM-5.3: 45.2 (#42)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 19.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 21% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | 1491 |
| DTBench | 52.5% | 87.7% |
| LMCA | 12.3% | 55.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.04 | 155.56 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.2% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 43.8% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 33% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 51.5% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.15 |
| LiveBench | 50% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 3 27B: 24.4 (#261)
- GLM-5.3: 62.1 (#27)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | 91.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1493 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 68.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 29.3% |
| ProofBench | — | 49% |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 3 27B: 25.4 (#256)
- GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#34)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | 90.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1303 | 1512 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 41% |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemma 3 27B: 32.0 (#94)
- GLM-5.3: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1165 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 3 27B: 47.0 (#150)
- GLM-5.3: 55.9 (#27)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | 1457 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | 1523 |
| LMArena French | 1368 | 1499 |
| LMArena German | 1362 | 1505 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | 1438 |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | 1478 |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | 1460 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1348 | 1444 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 3 27B: 70.8 (#155)
- GLM-5.3: 77.8 (#15)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | 1481 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#288)
- GLM-5.3: 45.5 (#32)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | 1485 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 3 27B: 52.7 (#161)
- GLM-5.3: 75.9 (#6)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | 1473 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | 1459 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | 2075 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1344 | 1473 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 3 27B better than GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 27B or GLM-5.3?

Gemma 3 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.16 per million output tokens; GLM-5.3 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

### Is Gemma 3 27B or GLM-5.3 better for coding?

GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.0 versus 22.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5.3 does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and GLM-5.3 share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3 has 41.