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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 27BGoogle
Coding
No data
Overall
31.4
Output $/M
$0.30
3
Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral AI
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$2.00
51
vs boards won of 54 shared

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.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemma 3 27BBarsMistral Medium 3.1Ties
Coding06
Intelligence01
Agentic work02
Reasoning07
Math04
Knowledge05
General326
All shared boards351
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index06
Coding benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BMistral Medium 3.1Leader
Aider polyglot4.9%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
AA Coding Index10.120.5Mistral Medium 3.1
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured44.8%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)13.7%40.6%Mistral Medium 3.1
SciCode23.3%32.4%Mistral Medium 3.1
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)3.8%10.6%Mistral Medium 3.1
ALE-BenchNot measured210.2Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Text: coding13221433Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: software and IT13541436Mistral Medium 3.1
SciCode0.0%Not measuredOnly 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
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BMistral Medium 3.1Leader
AA Intelligence Index4.99.2Mistral Medium 3.1
Epoch Capabilities Index130.0Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BMistral Medium 3.1Leader
AA Agentic Index0.11.9Mistral Medium 3.1
τ²-Bench Telecom10.5%40.6%Mistral Medium 3.1
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)29.5%Not measuredOnly 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
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BMistral Medium 3.1Leader
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured63.0%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 measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13401426Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: expert13041408Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13531435Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Vision: diagrams11561175Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Vision: homework11601165Mistral Medium 3.1
Kagi LLM Benchmark35.1%Not measuredOnly 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
Math benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BMistral Medium 3.1Leader
AIMENot measured42.3%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)Not measured87.0%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
MGSM (Vals AI)Not measured90.9%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
AA Math Index20.738.3Mistral Medium 3.1
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)20.7%38.3%Mistral Medium 3.1
OTIS Mock AIME22.5%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
MATH level 574.0%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Text: math13121408Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: mathematical work13271412Mistral 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
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BMistral Medium 3.1Leader
MMLU ProNot measured75.3%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured62.0%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured50.7%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured70.3%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured36.5%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured78.2%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)66.9%68.3%Mistral Medium 3.1
GeoBench52.0%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Text: science13831444Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13911449Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: legal and government13751439Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: business and finance13601418Mistral Medium 3.1
FACTS Benchmark Suite29.1%Not measuredOnly 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
Web design benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BMistral Medium 3.1Leader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1133Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1100Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1074Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1144Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1081Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1120Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured993Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured997Only 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
General benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BMistral Medium 3.1Leader
IFBench31.8%39.8%Mistral Medium 3.1
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)7.3%42.7%Mistral Medium 3.1
DTBench52.5%67.5%Mistral Medium 3.1
LMCA12.3%19.1%Mistral Medium 3.1
Fiction.LiveBench33.3%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)79.9%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Text13581424Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: instruction following13211398Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: creative writing13451391Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Vision11651172Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: English13771438Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: non-English13341408Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Chinese13461447Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: German13621432Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Japanese12871379Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Korean13081380Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: French13681460Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Spanish13491433Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Russian13491411Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Polish13451430Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: multi-turn13451418Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: longer queries13331406Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: writing and language13471395Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13201390Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Vision: English11881179Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Vision: Chinese11641190Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Vision: reading text11561175Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Vision: humor11661168Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Vision: captioning11511145Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Vision: recognizing things11961147Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Vision: creative writing11771200Mistral 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
Image generation benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BMistral Medium 3.1Leader
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$0.0002Fits in one request
Mistral Medium 3.1$0.0014Fits in one request

Gemma 3 27B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemma 3 27B$0.0049Fits in one request
Mistral Medium 3.1$0.026Fits in one request

Gemma 3 27B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemma 3 27B$0.019Exceeds the context window
Mistral Medium 3.1$0.100Exceeds 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 Gemma 3 27B and Mistral Medium 3.1
SpecificationGoogle Gemma 3 27BMistral Medium 3.1
MakerGoogleMistral AI
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedMarch 12, 2025August 13, 2025
Context window131K131K
Input $/Mtok$0.08$0.40
Output $/Mtok$0.30$2.00
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter 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.

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