# Gemma 4 12B vs Qwen3.8-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 12B and Qwen3.8-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-12b-vs-qwen3-8-27b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.8-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3.8-27B leads overall 55.26 to 28.4.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 27.2 for Gemma 4 12B and 80.9 for Qwen3.8-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE w/o tools in Knowledge, with scores of 5.2% and 30.8%.
- Qwen3.8-27B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 12B | Qwen3.8-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 28.4 | 55.26 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 33 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 61.2 (Supported · #18/117)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 64.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 58.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 22 (Estimated · #116/142)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #45/142)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 72.0% | 90.3% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 61.7% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 42.2% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 82.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 34.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 78.7 (#8/27)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 27.2 (#46/50)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 80.9 (#11/50)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 69.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 79.7% | 90.0% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 31.1 (Supported · #134/168)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 49.2 (Supported · #63/168)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 78.8% | 89.2% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| GPQA-D | 78.8% | 89.2% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 5.2% | 30.8% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| MMMLU | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 88.7 (#22/124)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 83.2 (#45/124)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 53 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 77.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemma 4 12B or Qwen3.8-27B?

Qwen3.8-27B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemma 4 12B and Qwen3.8-27B?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 27.2 for Gemma 4 12B and 80.9 for Qwen3.8-27B.

### How many benchmarks does Gemma 4 12B cover on BenchLM?

Gemma 4 12B currently has 12 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.8-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8-27B currently has 33 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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