GPT-5.4 Pro vs Gemma 3 27B

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

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 94 to 42. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 89 against 22.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 86 to 15.

GPT-5.4 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-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 32K for Gemma 3 27B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 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.

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

88.8

Gemma 3 27B

37.3

99
MMLU
45
99
GPQA
44
97
SuperGPQA
42
94
OpenBookQA
40
94
MMLU-Pro
50
50
HLE
3

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

89

Gemma 3 27B

22.7

95
HumanEval
37
86
SWE-bench Verified
16
86
LiveCodeBench
15

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

98

Gemma 3 27B

45.5

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

Reasoning

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

96.7

Gemma 3 27B

48.7

97
SimpleQA
43
95
MuSR
41
98
BBH
62

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

Gemma 3 27B

67

97
IFEval
67

Multilingual

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

Gemma 3 27B

64

97
MGSM
64

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 94 to 42. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 86 and 15.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.8 versus 37.3. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 22.7. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98 versus 45.5. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 48.7. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.4 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 67. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 64. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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