Gemma 3 27B vs Mistral Medium 3.1
Mistral Medium 3.1 leads Gemma 3 27B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 9.2 to 4.9, and Gemma 3 27B costs 6.7x less per output token ($0.30 vs $2.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 54 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemma 3 27B or Mistral Medium 3.1: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Gemma 3 27B for output tokens 6.7x cheaper ($0.30 vs $2.00 per million) and work measured by AA Coding Index or LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 54
- Gemma 3 27B only
- 12
- Mistral Medium 3.1 only
- 20
- 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Mistral Medium 3.1
Mistral Medium 3.1 leads, 9.2 against 4.9.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Mistral Medium 3.1
Mistral Medium 3.1 leads, 1.9 against 0.1.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
No call
Only Mistral Medium 3.1 has a AIME result, 42.3%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Mistral Medium 3.1 has a MMLU Pro result, 75.3%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Mistral Medium 3.1 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1133.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 131K tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemma 3 27B
Gemma 3 27B $0.0002, Mistral Medium 3.1 $0.0014 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemma 3 27B not benchmarked, Mistral Medium 3.1 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 16.4 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Long context reasoning (AA-LCR): Gemma 3 27B 7.3% against Mistral Medium 3.1 42.7%, 35.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemma 3 27B $0.30 against Mistral Medium 3.1 $2.00 per million output tokens, 6.7x apart.
- Context window
- Both take 131K tokens.
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.
| Category | Gemma 3 27B | Bars | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 6 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 7 | ||
| Math | 0 | 4 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 5 | ||
| General | 3 | 26 | ||
| All shared boards | 3 | 51 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index06
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 4.9% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 27B measured |
| AA Coding Index | 10.1 | 20.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.8% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.7% | 40.6% | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| SciCode | 23.3% | 32.4% | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 3.8% | 10.6% | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 210.2 | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1322 | 1433 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1354 | 1436 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| SciCode | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 27B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 4.9 | 9.2 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.0 | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 27B measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 0.1 | 1.9 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 10.5% | 40.6% | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 29.5% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 27B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 63.0% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 42.8% | 58.8% | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.4% | 4.7% | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 47.7% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 27B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1340 | 1426 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1304 | 1408 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1353 | 1435 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1156 | 1175 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1160 | 1165 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 35.1% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 27B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 42.3% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 87.0% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 90.9% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| AA Math Index | 20.7 | 38.3 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 20.7% | 38.3% | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 22.5% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 27B measured |
| MATH level 5 | 74.0% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 27B measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1312 | 1408 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1327 | 1412 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 75.3% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 62.0% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.7% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 70.3% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 36.5% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 78.2% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 66.9% | 68.3% | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| GeoBench | 52.0% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 27B measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1383 | 1444 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1391 | 1449 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1375 | 1439 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1360 | 1418 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 29.1% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 27B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1133 | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1100 | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1074 | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1144 | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1081 | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1120 | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 993 | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 997 | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index326
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 31.8% | 39.8% | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 7.3% | 42.7% | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| DTBench | 52.5% | 67.5% | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMCA | 12.3% | 19.1% | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 27B measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 79.9% | Not measured | Only Gemma 3 27B measured |
| LMArena Text | 1358 | 1424 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1321 | 1398 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1345 | 1391 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Vision | 1165 | 1172 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1377 | 1438 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1334 | 1408 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1346 | 1447 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1362 | 1432 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1287 | 1379 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1308 | 1380 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1368 | 1460 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1349 | 1433 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1349 | 1411 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1345 | 1430 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1345 | 1418 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1333 | 1406 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1347 | 1395 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1320 | 1390 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1188 | 1179 | Gemma 3 27B |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1164 | 1190 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1156 | 1175 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1166 | 1168 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1151 | 1145 | Gemma 3 27B |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1196 | 1147 | Gemma 3 27B |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1177 | 1200 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Gemma 3 27B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemma 3 27B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
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.
| Specification | Google Gemma 3 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | March 12, 2025 | August 13, 2025 |
| Context window | 131K | 131K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.08 | $0.40 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.30 | $2.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemma 3 27B better than Mistral Medium 3.1 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Gemma 3 27B for output tokens 6.7x cheaper ($0.30 vs $2.00 per million) and work measured by AA Coding Index or LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 27B or Mistral Medium 3.1?
Gemma 3 27B costs $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 costs $0.40 and $2.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemma 3 27B or Mistral Medium 3.1?
Neither: both take 131K tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Gemma 3 27B vs Mistral Medium 3.1 comparison based on?
54 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemma 3 27B's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Mistral Medium 3.1's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.