# DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs Gemma 3 27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Gemma 3 27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b-vs-gemma-3-27b
- Last updated: September 21, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Gemma 3 27B.

## Summary

- DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Gemma 3 27B do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | Gemma 3 27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Google |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 32K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 32.83 | 36.05 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 0 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 3 27B public-lane score: 33.1 (Estimated · #141/154)

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 3 27B public-lane score: 33.4 (Estimated · #138/156)

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B public-lane score: 27 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Gemma 3 27B public-lane score: 26 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 3 27B public-lane score: 30.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B public-lane score: 34.4 (Estimated · #167/186)
- Gemma 3 27B public-lane score: 33.5 (Estimated · #174/186)

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B public-lane score: 27.4 (#115/124)
- Gemma 3 27B public-lane score: 34.3 (#110/124)

## FAQ

### Can I compare DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Gemma 3 27B on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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- [Gemma 3 27B vs GPT-6 Astra](/compare/gemma-3-27b-vs-gpt-6-astra)

## Explore More

- [DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B profile](/models/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b)
- [Gemma 3 27B profile](/models/gemma-3-27b)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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