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Gemma 3 270M

Gemma 3 270M is a Google open-weights model, released 14 Aug 2025. Its best configuration ranks #701 of 785 on the BenchLeader Index at 38.9 ±8.0, in the lower half. The ± is the point: 322 other configurations score within that range, so they and this one cannot be told apart on quality alone — price and speed are what separate them. It scores highest in knowledge (48) and lowest in instruction following (19). Last measured 14 Aug 2025.stale: no new result in six months

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Released
14 Aug 2025
How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.
  1. Overall index39
  2. Reasoning41
  3. Agents & tools34
  4. Knowledge48
  5. Instruction following19
  6. Long context23
  7. Composite35

How its index has moved

9 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026
313947

The index is recomputed from scratch every day, so a line moves when a new benchmark result lands, when a publisher revises a score, or when the models it is normalised against change. Early movement usually means the score is still settling.

Benchmark results

See all LLM benchmarks. One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.

Reasoning

Benchmarknot statedSource
GPQA Diamond (AA)not in index22.4%#554Artificial Analysis
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)not in index3.6%#583Artificial Analysis
CritPt0.0%#315Artificial Analysis

Agents & tools

Instruction following

Benchmarknot statedSource
IFBench12.1%#423Artificial Analysis

Long context

Benchmarknot statedSource
AA-LCR0.0%#493Artificial Analysis

Composite

Benchmarknot statedSource
AA Intelligence Index v4.3.25.1#602Artificial Analysis

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Questions people ask

What are Gemma 3 270M's benchmark scores?
As of 25 Oct 2026, Gemma 3 270M scores 38.9 ±8.0 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in knowledge (48) and weakest in instruction following (19). That rests on 6 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.
How does Gemma 3 270M rank?
Gemma 3 270M is #701 of 785 ranked configurations on 25 Oct 2026. 322 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.
When was Gemma 3 270M released?
Google released Gemma 3 270M on 14 Aug 2025.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026. Compare with another model.

Cite as: BenchLeader, “Gemma 3 270M: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 25 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/gemma-3-270m.