# Gemma 3 27B vs Granite 4.2 30B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 3 27B and Granite 4.2 30B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-3-27b-vs-granite-4-2-30b
- Last updated: September 10, 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 Gemma 3 27B and Granite 4.2 30B.

## Summary

- Gemma 3 27B and Granite 4.2 30B 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 | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 4.2 30B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | IBM |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 32K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 36.26 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 0 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 3 27B public-lane score: 33 (Estimated · #137/152)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 29.2% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 62.0% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 61.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 3 27B public-lane score: 33.3 (Estimated · #132/151)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 41.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 33.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 57% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 29.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 38.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 3 27B public-lane score: 30.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 3 27B public-lane score: 26 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: 54.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 3 27B public-lane score: 33.6 (Estimated · #167/183)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 66.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 3 27B public-lane score: 36 (#109/123)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 3 27B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Gemma 3 27B and Granite 4.2 30B 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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- [Granite 4.2 30B vs Granite 4.2 3B](/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-granite-4-2-3b)

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