Gemma 3 27B vs Grok 3 Mini

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

Grok 3 Mini finishes one point ahead overall, 23 to 22. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.

Grok 3 Mini's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 74.1 against 43. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 44% to 66.2%. Gemma 3 27B does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

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

Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 3 Mini 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

Grok 3 Mini

Gemma 3 27B

37

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

37%
HumanEval
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LiveCodeBench
41.5%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

Gemma 3 27B

Gemma 3 27B

41.9

Grok 3 Mini

21.7

43%
SimpleQA
21.7%
41%
MuSR
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Knowledge

Grok 3 Mini

Gemma 3 27B

43

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

45%
MMLU
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44%
GPQA
66.2%
42%
SuperGPQA
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40%
OpenBookQA
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MMLU-Pro
78.9%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

Gemma 3 27B

Gemma 3 27B

44

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

45%
AIME 2023
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47%
AIME 2024
39.7%
46%
AIME 2025
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41%
HMMT Feb 2023
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43%
HMMT Feb 2024
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42%
HMMT Feb 2025
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44%
BRUMO 2025
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemma 3 27B or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 Mini is ahead overall, 23 to 22. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 44% and 66.2%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 3 27B or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 43. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 3 27B or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.5 versus 37. Gemma 3 27B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, Gemma 3 27B or Grok 3 Mini?

Gemma 3 27B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 44 versus 39.7. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemma 3 27B or Grok 3 Mini?

Gemma 3 27B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 41.9 versus 21.7. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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