Gemma 3 27B vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

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

Gemma 3 27B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 42 to 28. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 gives you the larger context window at 64K, compared with 32K for Gemma 3 27B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemma 3 27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 64K context window.

Knowledge

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Gemma 3 27B

37.3

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

71.4

45
MMLU
71.4
44
GPQA
-
42
SuperGPQA
-
40
OpenBookQA
-
50
MMLU-Pro
-
3
HLE
-

Coding

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Gemma 3 27B

22.7

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

54.8

37
HumanEval
54.8
16
SWE-bench Verified
-
15
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Gemma 3 27B
45
AIME 2023
-
47
AIME 2024
-
46
AIME 2025
-
41
HMMT Feb 2023
-
43
HMMT Feb 2024
-
42
HMMT Feb 2025
-
44
BRUMO 2025
-
56
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Gemma 3 27B
43
SimpleQA
-
41
MuSR
-
62
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Gemma 3 27B
67
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Gemma 3 27B
64
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemma 3 27B or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Gemma 3 27B is ahead overall, 42 to 28. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 45 and 71.4.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 3 27B or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.4 versus 37.3. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 3 27B or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 54.8 versus 22.7. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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