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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 2026-07-26 · Methodology · Data Sources

Head-to-head

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

Benchmark	Gemma 3 27B	Phi-4	Leads
Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI)	131.1	131.1	Phi-4
SWE-bench Verified	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both
GPQA Diamond	0.489	0.561	Phi-4
MATH Level 5	0.740	0.649	Gemma 3 27B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	0.197	0.138	Gemma 3 27B
FrontierMath	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both
FrontierMath Tier 4	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both
SimpleQA Verified	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both
Chess Puzzles	Not measured	Not measured	Not 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.

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