# Gemma 3 27B vs Pixtral Large

> Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 30× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Pixtral Large's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-3-27b-vs-pixtral-large
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 2 categories and Pixtral Large in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 3 27B leads 52.5 to 32.9.
- Gemma 3 27B is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.16 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
- Gemma 3 27B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 3 27B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 32.2 |
| Rank | 284 | 259 |
| Context | 131K | 128K |
| Input $/M | $0.08 | $2 |
| Output $/M | $0.16 | $6 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| SciCode | 21.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301)
- Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 43.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | — |
| 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)
- Pixtral Large: —

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

## Knowledge

- Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1304 | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100)
- Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | 1089 |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1346 | — |
| LMArena French | 1368 | — |
| LMArena German | 1362 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1349 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | — |

## Long Context

- Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168)
- Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | 988 |
| LMArena Text | 1358 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1345 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 3 27B better than Pixtral Large?

Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 27B costs 30× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Pixtral Large's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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

Gemma 3 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.16 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Gemma 3 27B does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

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

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.