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Gemma 3 27B vs Mistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning)

Google · released

Wins 0 of 7 areas

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Mistral · released

Wins 7 of 7 areas

Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Images and charts · Long documents · Following instructions

Mistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger all-rounder.Gemma 3 27B is cheaper.

Scores updated · 23 tests both models report · How we compare

Where each one wins

Tests won in each of the seven 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.

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.

Gemma 3 27B$0.08 to read · $0.16 to write$0.24Price from deepinfra
Mistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning)$0.40 to read · $2.00 to write$2.40Price from mistralai

Gemma 3 27B costs 90% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.

Where Mistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning) pulls ahead

  • Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+35.4points aheadMistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning)42.7Gemma 3 27B7.3
  • Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+16points aheadMistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning)58.8Gemma 3 27B42.8
  • Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+9.4points aheadMistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning)13.9Gemma 3 27B4.5

Where Gemma 3 27B pulls ahead

No clear win on a test scored out of 100.

Every test, side by side

All 23 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingMistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning)

Full coding ranking

AgentsMistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning)

Full agents ranking

ReasoningMistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning)

Full reasoning ranking

FactsMistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning)

Full facts ranking

Images and chartsMistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning)

Full images and charts ranking

Long documentsMistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning)
  • AA-LCRMistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning) by 35.47.342.7+35.4

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsMistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning)
  • IFBenchMistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning) by 831.839.8+8

Full following instructions ranking

Other results7 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.

Questions people ask

Which is better, Gemma 3 27B or Mistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning)?

Mistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning) wins all seven areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, images and charts, long documents and following instructions. Gemma 3 27B wins none, but costs 90% less.

Which is better for coding?

Mistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning). It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Gemma 3 27B wins none.

Which is cheaper?

Gemma 3 27B costs $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.16 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 (Non-Reasoning) costs $0.40 and $2.00. That makes Gemma 3 27B about 90% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 23 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 16 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 7 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.