Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Gemma 2 27B was developed as an open-source language model with 27 billion parameters, designed to provide researchers and developers with a capable, instruction-tuned model for experimentation and deployment. Built to democratize access to advanced language understanding, it combines strong performance with the flexibility of open-source licensing.
Microsoft
Phi-4 Mini Reasoning was developed to incorporate extended thinking capabilities into the ultra-compact Phi-4 Mini architecture. Built to demonstrate that reasoning enhancements can be applied even to very small models, it brings analytical depth to resource-constrained environments.
10 months newer

Gemma 2 27B
2024-06-27

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
2025-02-01
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Gemma 2 27B

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Gemma 2 27B

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning