GPT-5.2 Pro vs Gemma 3 27B

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

GPT-5.2 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 90 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.2 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 84.8 against 16. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 89 to 17.

GPT-5.2 Pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while Gemma 3 27B is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. GPT-5.2 Pro gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 32K for Gemma 3 27B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 3 27B only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

85.9

Gemma 3 27B

34.4

88
Terminal-Bench 2.0
29
88
BrowseComp
42
82
OSWorld-Verified
35

Coding

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

84.8

Gemma 3 27B

16

93
HumanEval
37
83
SWE-bench Verified
16
81
LiveCodeBench
15
89
SWE-bench Pro
17

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

96

Gemma 3 27B

41.7

96
MMMU-Pro
39
96
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95.2

Gemma 3 27B

45.6

97
SimpleQA
43
95
MuSR
41
98
BBH
62
93
LongBench v2
47
95
MRCRv2
44

Knowledge

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

81.5

Gemma 3 27B

34.6

99
MMLU
45
99
GPQA
44
97
SuperGPQA
42
95
OpenBookQA
40
90
MMLU-Pro
50
44
HLE
3
93
FrontierScience
42

Instruction Following

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95

Gemma 3 27B

67

95
IFEval
67

Multilingual

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

93.4

Gemma 3 27B

61.4

96
MGSM
64
92
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

98.2

Gemma 3 27B

49.4

99
AIME 2023
45
99
AIME 2024
47
99
AIME 2025
46
96
HMMT Feb 2023
41
98
HMMT Feb 2024
43
97
HMMT Feb 2025
42
97
BRUMO 2025
44
99
MATH-500
56

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.2 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.2 Pro is ahead overall, 90 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 89 and 17.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 34.6. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.2 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 16. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.2 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 49.4. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.2 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.2 versus 45.6. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.9 versus 34.4. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 41.7. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.2 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 67. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 61.4. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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