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Gemma 3 27B vs Phi-4

Gemma 3 27B OPEN WEIGHTS · Google DeepMind, released 2025-03-12
Phi-4 OPEN WEIGHTS · Microsoft Research, released 2024-12-12

“Epoch AI, 'AI Benchmarking Hub'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/benchmarks' [online resource].” · epoch.ai/benchmarks · Licensed CC BY 4.0 · data last verified 2026-09-09 · Methodology · Data Sources

Phi-4 leads on more of the 5 benchmarks where both are measured — Gemma 3 27B on 2, Phi-4 on 3. The remaining 4 of 9 tracked benchmarks cannot be compared: 0 have a result for only one of the two models, 4 for neither. Nothing on this page is estimated to fill those in.

Head-to-head

Measured on 5 of 9 tracked benchmarks for both models — Gemma 3 27B leads on 2, Phi-4 leads on 3.

BenchmarkGemma 3 27B Phi-4Leads
Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI)130.0130.4Phi-4
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measuredNot measuredNot measured on both
GPQA Diamond0.4770.561Phi-4
MATH Level 50.7400.649Gemma 3 27B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250.2250.138Gemma 3 27B
FrontierMathNot measuredNot measuredNot measured on both
FrontierMath Tier 4Not measuredNot measuredNot measured on both
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measuredNot measuredNot measured on both
Chess Puzzles0.0000.010Phi-4
Benchmark results measure specific tasks and should not be treated as a universal measure of model quality. A model with no row here for a benchmark has not been measured on it — that is left blank, never estimated.

What remains uncertain

A missing result means Xentir has not found one published by the source it cites, not that the model performs badly. See Data Sources.

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