Gemma 3 27B IT
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Gemma 3 27B IT is a vision-language model from Google. It ranks 112 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1165±8 from 16,982 votes. Its best category is Entity recognition (#40 of 51). License: Gemma.
Key figures
- Developer
- License
- Gemma
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
Who it suits
- Overall #112 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Strongest category: Entity recognition (#40 of 51).
- Open weights (Gemma): you can self-host it.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109 |  Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) Mistral | 1172 | 41,611 | Proprietary | +7 |
| 110 |  Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Thinking 32K, 20250219) Anthropic | 1169 | 1,436 | Proprietary | +4 |
| 111 |  o1 (2024-12-17) OpenAI | 1168 | 3,694 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 112 | Gemma 3 27B IT Google | 1165 | 16,982 | Gemma | |
| 113 |  GLM-4.6V Z.ai | 1164 | 2,455 | MIT | -1 |
| 114 | Gemini 1.5 Pro (002) Google | 1161 | 8,902 | Proprietary | -4 |
| 115 | GPT-5 nano (High) OpenAI | 1159 | 3,928 | Proprietary | -6 |
Alternatives · More from Google
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) Google | 1315 | 4,645 | Proprietary |
| 8 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (High) Google | 1314 | 5,369 | Proprietary |
| 13 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) Google | 1308 | 13,862 | Proprietary |
| 14 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) Google | 1306 | 14,061 | Proprietary |
| 16 | Gemini 3 Pro Google | 1305 | 13,623 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Gemma 3 27B IT rank among vision models?
Overall rank 112 (1165); OCR rank 112 (1156); Diagrams rank 109 (1156); Homework rank 110 (1160); Captioning rank 30 (1151); Entity recognition rank 40 (1196); Creative writing rank 95 (1177); Humor rank 85 (1166); English rank 105 (1188); Chinese rank 96 (1164) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Gemma 3 27B IT at OCR?
Gemma 3 27B IT ranks 112 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1156 (6,196 votes).
Is Gemma 3 27B IT better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #96 of 128 (1164); English board: #105 of 167 (1188). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Gemma 3 27B IT open-weight?
LMArena lists its license as Gemma, not proprietary; check the license text for commercial use.
How far is Gemma 3 27B IT from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Gemma 3 27B IT has 1165, 160 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.