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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 2026-10-24 · Methodology · Data Sources

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

Head-to-head

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

BenchmarkGemma 3 27B Phi-4Leads
Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI)130.0130.5Phi-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 PuzzlesNot measuredNot measuredNot measured on both
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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