Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.
Gemma 3 27B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 42 to 35. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Gemma 3 27B's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 45.5 against 23.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 45 to 87.5. GPT-4.1 mini does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
GPT-4.1 mini gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 32K for Gemma 3 27B.
Pick Gemma 3 27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4.1 mini only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.
Gemma 3 27B
37.3
GPT-4.1 mini
75.9
Gemma 3 27B
22.7
GPT-4.1 mini
23.6
Gemma 3 27B
45.5
GPT-4.1 mini
23.1
Gemma 3 27B
67
GPT-4.1 mini
88.5
Gemma 3 27B is ahead overall, 42 to 35. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 45 and 87.5.
GPT-4.1 mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.9 versus 37.3. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
GPT-4.1 mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 23.6 versus 22.7. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Gemma 3 27B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 45.5 versus 23.1. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
GPT-4.1 mini has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 88.5 versus 67. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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