Gemma 3 27B vs LFM2-24B-A2B

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

Gemma 3 27B and LFM2-24B-A2B finish on the same overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

LFM2-24B-A2B's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 41.7 against 41.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 37 to 42. Gemma 3 27B does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Quick Verdict

Treat this as a split decision. Gemma 3 27B makes more sense if agentic is the priority; LFM2-24B-A2B is the better fit if coding is the priority.

Agentic

Gemma 3 27B

Gemma 3 27B

34.4

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

29
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
42
BrowseComp
38
35
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

LFM2-24B-A2B

Gemma 3 27B

16

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

37
HumanEval
42
16
SWE-bench Verified
18
15
LiveCodeBench
17
17
SWE-bench Pro
19

Multimodal & Grounded

Tie

Gemma 3 27B

41.7

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

39
MMMU-Pro
39
45
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

LFM2-24B-A2B

Gemma 3 27B

45.6

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

43
SimpleQA
44
41
MuSR
42
62
BBH
63
47
LongBench v2
48
44
MRCRv2
45

Knowledge

LFM2-24B-A2B

Gemma 3 27B

34.6

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

45
MMLU
46
44
GPQA
45
42
SuperGPQA
43
40
OpenBookQA
41
50
MMLU-Pro
51
3
HLE
4
42
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

LFM2-24B-A2B

Gemma 3 27B

67

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

67
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Tie

Gemma 3 27B

61.4

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

64
MGSM
64
60
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

LFM2-24B-A2B

Gemma 3 27B

49.4

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

45
AIME 2023
46
47
AIME 2024
48
46
AIME 2025
47
41
HMMT Feb 2023
42
43
HMMT Feb 2024
44
42
HMMT Feb 2025
43
44
BRUMO 2025
45
56
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemma 3 27B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemma 3 27B and LFM2-24B-A2B are tied on overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 3 27B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 35.6 versus 34.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 3 27B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 18 versus 16. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Gemma 3 27B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 50.4 versus 49.4. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemma 3 27B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 46.6 versus 45.6. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemma 3 27B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemma 3 27B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 34.4 versus 33.4. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemma 3 27B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemma 3 27B and LFM2-24B-A2B are effectively tied for multimodal and grounded tasks here, both landing at 41.7 on average.

Which is better for instruction following, Gemma 3 27B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

LFM2-24B-A2B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 68 versus 67. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Gemma 3 27B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Gemma 3 27B and LFM2-24B-A2B are effectively tied for multilingual tasks here, both landing at 61.4 on average.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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