Apertus 70B Instruct vs Gemma 3 270M
Wins 3 of 5 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Following instructions
Wins 1 of 5 areas
Facts
Apertus 70B Instruct is the stronger all-rounder.Gemma 3 270M is better at facts.
Scores updated · 13 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the five areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20Apertus 70B Instruct2 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- CodingWriting and fixing software10Apertus 70B Instruct1 of 2 tests · 1 tie
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Apertus 70B Instruct1 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up01Gemma 3 270M1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts00Even0 each · 1 tie
Facts, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Apertus 70B Instruct pulls ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+13.8points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+4.8points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+1.9points ahead
Where Gemma 3 270M pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+52.4points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 13 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingApertus 70B Instruct
- SciCodeApertus 70B Instruct by 5.75.70+5.7
- Terminal-Bench Hardtie00tie
ReasoningApertus 70B Instruct
- GPQA DiamondApertus 70B Instruct by 4.827.222.4+4.8
- Humanity's Last ExamApertus 70B Instruct by 1.95.53.6+1.9
- CritPttie00tie
FactsGemma 3 270M
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationGemma 3 270M by 52.417.269.6+52.4
Following instructionsApertus 70B Instruct
- IFBenchApertus 70B Instruct by 13.825.912.1+13.8
Other results5 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceGemma 3 270M by 32.2-61.5-29.3+32.2
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Apertus 70B Instruct by 3.812.99.1+3.8
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexApertus 70B Instruct by 1.91.90+1.9
- AA Agentic IndexApertus 70B Instruct by 1.34.33+1.3
- AA Intelligencetie5.15.1tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Apertus 70B Instruct or Gemma 3 270M?
Apertus 70B Instruct wins three of the five areas where both have results: coding, reasoning and following instructions. Gemma 3 270M wins facts. They are level on long documents.
Which is better for coding?
Apertus 70B Instruct. It wins 1 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Gemma 3 270M wins none, and 1 is a tie.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 13 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 8 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 5 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.