Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Magistral Small 2506 leads with 23.7% higher average benchmark score. Gemma 3 27B supports multimodal inputs. Gemma 3 27B is available on 2 providers. Overall, Magistral Small 2506 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Gemma 3 27B represents the largest variant in the Gemma 3 family, developed to provide flagship-level open-source capabilities. Built with advanced training methodologies and 27 billion parameters, it offers researchers and developers access to powerful language understanding without proprietary restrictions.
Mistral AI
Magistral Small was created as an efficient reasoning-focused variant, designed to bring analytical capabilities to applications with tighter resource constraints. Built to balance problem-solving depth with practical deployment needs, it extends reasoning-enhanced AI to broader use cases.
3 months newer

Gemma 3 27B
2025-03-12

Magistral Small 2506
Mistral AI
2025-06-10
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Gemma 3 27B

Magistral Small 2506
Magistral Small 2506
2025-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Gemma 3 27B
DeepInfra
Novita


Gemma 3 27B

Magistral Small 2506

Gemma 3 27B

Magistral Small 2506
Magistral Small 2506