Gemma 3 27B vs Phi-4

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

Gemma 3 27B has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 42 versus 39. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Gemma 3 27B gives you the larger context window at 32K, compared with 16K for Phi-4.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemma 3 27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Phi-4 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

Knowledge

Phi-4

Gemma 3 27B

37.3

Phi-4

70.5

45
MMLU
84.8
44
GPQA
56.1
42
SuperGPQA
-
40
OpenBookQA
-
50
MMLU-Pro
-
3
HLE
-

Coding

Phi-4

Gemma 3 27B

22.7

Phi-4

82.6

37
HumanEval
82.6
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

Phi-4

Gemma 3 27B

64

Phi-4

80.6

64
MGSM
80.6

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemma 3 27B or Phi-4?

Gemma 3 27B is ahead overall, 42 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 37 and 82.6.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 3 27B or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.5 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 Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 22.7. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Gemma 3 27B or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.6 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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