# Gemma 3 27B vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

> Gemma 3 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-3-27b-vs-phi-3-mini-128k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 3 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 3 27B leads 52.5 to 27.1.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 29.7 |
| Rank | 284 | 305 |
| Context | 131K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.08 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.16 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1039 |
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| SciCode | 21.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | 1028 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| 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: 25.9 (#265)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1089 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1304 | 984 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1346 | 1016 |
| LMArena French | 1368 | 1039 |
| LMArena German | 1362 | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1349 | 1059 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | 1023 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | 996 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1345 | 989 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 3 27B better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Gemma 3 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemma 3 27B or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 28.8 versus 22.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.