Seed-2.0-Mini vs Gemma 3 27B

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

Seed-2.0-Mini is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 53 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Seed-2.0-Mini's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 73.1 against 41.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 74 to 39.

Seed-2.0-Mini gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for Gemma 3 27B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Seed-2.0-Mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 3 27B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

46.2

Gemma 3 27B

34.4

43
Terminal-Bench 2.0
29
53
BrowseComp
42
45
OSWorld-Verified
35

Coding

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

24.7

Gemma 3 27B

16

55
HumanEval
37
22
SWE-bench Verified
16
21
LiveCodeBench
15
29
SWE-bench Pro
17

Multimodal & Grounded

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

73.1

Gemma 3 27B

41.7

74
MMMU-Pro
39
72
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

64.8

Gemma 3 27B

45.6

59
SimpleQA
43
57
MuSR
41
73
BBH
62
68
LongBench v2
47
72
MRCRv2
44

Knowledge

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

44.6

Gemma 3 27B

34.6

62
MMLU
45
61
GPQA
44
59
SuperGPQA
42
57
OpenBookQA
40
62
MMLU-Pro
50
1
HLE
3
54
FrontierScience
42

Instruction Following

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

80

Gemma 3 27B

67

80
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

71.8

Gemma 3 27B

61.4

75
MGSM
64
70
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Seed-2.0-Mini

Seed-2.0-Mini

65.1

Gemma 3 27B

49.4

62
AIME 2023
45
64
AIME 2024
47
63
AIME 2025
46
58
HMMT Feb 2023
41
60
HMMT Feb 2024
43
59
HMMT Feb 2025
42
61
BRUMO 2025
44
70
MATH-500
56

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Seed-2.0-Mini or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Mini is ahead overall, 53 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 74 and 39.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Seed-2.0-Mini or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 44.6 versus 34.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Seed-2.0-Mini or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 24.7 versus 16. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Seed-2.0-Mini or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 65.1 versus 49.4. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Seed-2.0-Mini or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 64.8 versus 45.6. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Seed-2.0-Mini or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 46.2 versus 34.4. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Seed-2.0-Mini or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.1 versus 41.7. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Seed-2.0-Mini or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 67. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Seed-2.0-Mini or Gemma 3 27B?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 61.4. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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