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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Gemma 3 27B

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads Gemma 3 27B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.2 to 4.9, and Gemma 3 27B costs 8.3x less per output token ($0.30 vs $2.50 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 50 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Replace Gemma 3 27B
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle
Coding
49.0
Overall
49.8
Output $/M
$2.50
50
Gemma 3 27BGoogle
Coding
No data
Overall
31.4
Output $/M
$0.30
0
vs boards won of 50 shared

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Gemma 3 27B: which to pick

Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has a coding score, 49.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemma 3 27B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Gemma 3 27B for output tokens 8.3x cheaper ($0.30 vs $2.50 per million).

Model AGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle49.0/1003 independent benchmarks$0.41 per solved taskModel BGemma 3 27BGoogleNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
50
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite only
35
Gemma 3 27B only
16
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 49.0 from 3 benchmarks, Gemma 3 27B not benchmarked.
Widest category
Math, 28.9 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR): Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 76.0% against Gemma 3 27B 7.3%, 68.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $2.50 against Gemma 3 27B $0.30 per million output tokens, 8.3x apart.
Context window
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M tokens, Gemma 3 27B 131K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemini 3.5 Flash LiteBarsGemma 3 27BTies
Coding50
Intelligence20
Agentic work10
Reasoning80
Math30
Knowledge50
General260
All shared boards500
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index50
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Gemma 3 27B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 3 27BLeader
Aider polyglotNot measured4.9%Only Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena WebDev1435Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
AA Coding Index49.310.1Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)79.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)75.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)37.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Code migration (Vals AI)6.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)50.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)59.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured13.7%Only Gemma 3 27B measured
SciCode41.3%23.3%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured3.8%Only Gemma 3 27B measured
WeirdML39.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ALE-Bench765.3Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: coding14531322Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: software and IT14511354Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena WebDev: React1408Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena WebDev: from an image1448Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SciCode6.2%0.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Gemma 3 27B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 3 27BLeader
AA Intelligence Index22.24.9Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Epoch Capabilities Index144.9130.0Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Gemma 3 27B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 3 27BLeader
AA Agentic Index14.30.1Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Finance Agent (Vals AI)47.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)7.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)13.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)43.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured10.5%Only Gemma 3 27B measured
APEX-Agents29.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)Not measured29.5%Only Gemma 3 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Gemma 3 27B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 3 27BLeader
GPQA Diamond83.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)83.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)83.8%42.8%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)18.8%4.4%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)83.3%47.7%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
ARC-AGI53.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ARC-AGI-210.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Chess puzzles21.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Mystery game puzzles19.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14411340Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: expert14341304Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14401353Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: diagrams12841156Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: homework12911160Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Kagi LLM BenchmarkNot measured35.1%Only Gemma 3 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
Math benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Gemma 3 27B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 3 27BLeader
AA Math IndexNot measured20.7Only Gemma 3 27B measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured20.7%Only Gemma 3 27B measured
OTIS Mock AIME71.1%22.5%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 326.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
FrontierMath, tier 40.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ProofBench13.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MATH level 5Not measured74.0%Only Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Text: math14341312Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: mathematical work14331327Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Gemma 3 27B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 3 27BLeader
MMLU Pro85.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)84.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)60.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)72.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)68.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MedCode (Vals AI)43.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured66.9%Only Gemma 3 27B measured
GeoBenchNot measured52.0%Only Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Text: science14511383Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14381391Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: legal and government14311375Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: business and finance14231360Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
FACTS Benchmark Suite53.5%29.1%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Gemma 3 27B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 3 27BLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index260
General benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Gemma 3 27B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 3 27BLeader
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)51.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SAGE (Vals AI)47.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)70.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
IFBenchNot measured31.8%Only Gemma 3 27B measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)76.0%7.3%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
DTBench83.5%52.5%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMCA37.6%12.3%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Fiction.LiveBenchNot measured33.3%Only Gemma 3 27B measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured79.9%Only Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Text14351358Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: instruction following14191321Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: creative writing14211345Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision12691165Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: English14381377Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: non-English14271334Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Chinese14681346Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: German14541362Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Japanese14261287Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Korean14071308Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: French14511368Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Spanish14411349Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Russian14431349Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Polish14371345Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: multi-turn14451345Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: longer queries14351333Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: writing and language14281347Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14141320Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: English12691188Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: Chinese13111164Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: reading text12801156Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: humor12871166Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: captioningNot measured1151Only Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1196Only Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing12601177Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Gemma 3 27B
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemma 3 27BLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.0015Fits in one request
Gemma 3 27B$0.0002Fits in one request

Gemma 3 27B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.022Fits in one request
Gemma 3 27B$0.0049Fits in one request

Gemma 3 27B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.085Fits in one request
Gemma 3 27B$0.019Exceeds the context window

Gemma 3 27B costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Gemma 3 27B
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle Gemma 3 27B
MakerGoogleGoogle
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedJuly 21, 2026March 12, 2025
Context window1.05M131K
Input $/Mtok$0.30$0.08
Output $/Mtok$2.50$0.30
Coding index49.0Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it30
Cost per solved task$0.41Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Gemma 3 27B for coding?

Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has a coding score, 49.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemma 3 27B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Gemma 3 27B for output tokens 8.3x cheaper ($0.30 vs $2.50 per million).

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Gemma 3 27B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Gemma 3 27B costs $0.08 and $0.30. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite only.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Gemma 3 27B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Gemma 3 27B comparison based on?

50 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Gemma 3 27B's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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