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VERIFIEDOct 132026
Is Gemma 3 27B IT state of the art?
Yes.Yes on General LLM (best per dollar); Reasoning (best per dollar). Not the overall leader.

As of Oct 13, 2026, Gemma 3 27B IT from Google DeepMind. Yes on General LLM (best per dollar); Reasoning (best per dollar). Not the overall leader. Ranked #30 in General LLM.

Computed automaticallyas of Oct 13, 2026methodology v1.0confidence: medium
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Why

The ruling, in plain English

Ranked #30 in General LLM.

Receipts

Evidence

Scores come from the latest ingested snapshot
SourceScoreDateTypeReceipt
LiveBench
gemma-3-27b-it
49.992025-03-12INDEP.snap_f9d8103e52c2
GPQA Diamond
gemma-3-27b-it
0.4772727272727273 0.4–0.52025-03-12INDEP.snap_f9d8103e52c2
Aider Polyglot
gemma-3-27b-it
4.92025-03-15INDEP.snap_f9d8103e52c2
Reign history

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Where it is not the crown

CategoryThis modelWhy
General LLMNot SOTA · #30Ranked #30 in General LLM.
ReasoningNot SOTA · #44Ranked #44 in Reasoning.
ScienceNot SOTA · #157Last listed at #157 in Science on 2025-03-12. That board does not award a crown.
CodingNot SOTA · #82Ranked #82 in Coding.