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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Gemma 3 27B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Quick Verdict

Claude 3.5 Sonnet wins overall with a score of 55 vs 36 (19 point difference).Claude 3.5 Sonnet wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

CreatorAnthropic
TypeProprietary
Context200K
Score55

Gemma 3 27B

CreatorGoogle
TypeOpen Weight
Context32K
Score36

Knowledge

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

63.5

Gemma 3 27B

42.8

65
MMLU
45
65
GPQA
44
63
SuperGPQA
42
61
OpenBookQA
40

Coding

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

57

Gemma 3 27B

37

57
HumanEval
37

Mathematics

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

64

Gemma 3 27B

44

65
AIME 2023
45
67
AIME 2024
47
66
AIME 2025
46
61
HMMT Feb 2023
41
63
HMMT Feb 2024
43
62
HMMT Feb 2025
42
64
BRUMO 2025
44

Reasoning

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

62

Gemma 3 27B

42

63
SimpleQA
43
61
MuSR
41

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Gemma 3 27B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher overall with 55 vs 36, a difference of 19 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Gemma 3 27B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 63.5 vs 42.8.

Which is better for coding, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Gemma 3 27B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads in coding with an average score of 57 vs 37.

Which is better for math, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Gemma 3 27B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads in math with an average score of 64 vs 44.

Which is better for reasoning, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Gemma 3 27B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads in reasoning with an average score of 62 vs 42.

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