DeepSeek V3 vs Gemma 3 27B

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

DeepSeek V3 has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 25 versus 22. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

DeepSeek V3's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 90.2 against 44. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 88.5% to 45%. Gemma 3 27B does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

DeepSeek V3 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for Gemma 3 27B.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 3 27B only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority.

Agentic

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Coding

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

42

Gemma 3 27B

37

42%
SWE-bench Verified
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HumanEval
37%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

Gemma 3 27B

DeepSeek V3

24.9

Gemma 3 27B

41.9

24.9%
SimpleQA
43%
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MuSR
41%

Knowledge

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

69.6

Gemma 3 27B

43

59.1%
GPQA
44%
88.5%
MMLU
45%
75.9%
MMLU-Pro
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SuperGPQA
42%
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OpenBookQA
40%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

90.2

Gemma 3 27B

44

39.2%
AIME 2024
47%
90.2%
MATH-500
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AIME 2023
45%
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AIME 2025
46%
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HMMT Feb 2023
41%
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HMMT Feb 2024
43%
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HMMT Feb 2025
42%
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BRUMO 2025
44%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3 or Gemma 3 27B?

DeepSeek V3 is ahead overall, 25 to 22. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 88.5% and 45%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3 or Gemma 3 27B?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.6 versus 43. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3 or Gemma 3 27B?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 42 versus 37. Gemma 3 27B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek V3 or Gemma 3 27B?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 versus 44. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek V3 or Gemma 3 27B?

Gemma 3 27B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 41.9 versus 24.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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