Gemma 3 27B - NC Bench

google/gemma-3-27b-it

Gemma 3 27B

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Release Date

Mar 12th, 2025

Context Size

128k

Benchmark Cost

$0.16

Speed

28.4 tok/s

Creative writing

63.52%

Rule following

70.38%

Utility

69.94%

Mathematics

100.00%

Tooling

65.87%

Language

79.68%

Logic

82.38%

Bad Writing Habits

Detects common prose quality anti-patterns in AI-generated creative writing, including passive voice, past progressive overuse, weak dialogue tags, filter words, purple prose, cliches, AI-ism words/adverbs/names, and more.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Detailed Writing Rules
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin 0-shot Creative writingRule following	80	78	77	76	75	77%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night 0-shot Creative writingRule following	86	83	80	77	77	81%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite 0-shot Creative writingRule following	82	82	80	75	75	79%
Mystery: examining a crime scene 0-shot Creative writingRule following	91	86	82	82	79	84%
Romance: separated couple reunites 0-shot Creative writingRule following	83	81	78	73	73	77%
Thriller: chase through city streets 0-shot Creative writingRule following	86	85	84	79	74	82%
Detailed Writing Rules						79.91%
genre
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin 0-shot Creative writingRule following	79	72	71	71	70	72%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night 0-shot Creative writingRule following	85	79	78	75	73	78%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite 0-shot Creative writingRule following	80	79	76	74	72	76%
Mystery: examining a crime scene 0-shot Creative writingRule following	85	83	80	80	73	80%
Romance: separated couple reunites 0-shot Creative writingRule following	82	79	78	78	76	79%
Thriller: chase through city streets 0-shot Creative writingRule following	89	85	78	74	74	80%
genre						77.55%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin 0-shot Creative writingRule following	76	75	74	73	72	74%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night 0-shot Creative writingRule following	84	82	80	80	79	81%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite 0-shot Creative writingRule following	84	83	81	81	76	81%
Mystery: examining a crime scene 0-shot Creative writingRule following	84	82	80	80	77	81%
Romance: separated couple reunites 0-shot Creative writingRule following	84	82	80	80	78	81%
Thriller: chase through city streets 0-shot Creative writingRule following	86	83	81	81	79	82%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt						79.92%
79.12%

Codex Violation Detection

Detects factual inconsistencies between a story bible and prose passages. The model must output structured XML identifying each violation with paragraph number and substring.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
matrix
Large codex (40 entries), long passage (1,019 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	71	68	63	57	56	55	53	53	52	44	57%
Large codex (40 entries), short passage (165 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	78	77	76	75	72	72	72	72	72	71	74%
Small codex (7 entries), long passage (734 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	84	83	83	80	80	75	75	71	71	71	77%
Small codex (7 entries), short passage (165 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	90	88	88	84	84	84	84	80	80	80	84%
matrix											73.20%
tiers
5 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83%
10 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	100	100	92	86	86	86	86	86	86	72	88%
20 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	82	77	77	73	73	69	69	69	69	69	73%
40 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	87	87	84	80	80	80	80	79	75	75	81%
tiers											81.31%
77.26%

Data extraction

Extract key details from a given block of text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
All valid emails 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Contextual pronoun 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Fruits excluding citrus 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Future event time 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Guess the pet 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Highest-rated movie 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Indirect birth year 0-shot UtilityMathematicsLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What instrument does Lucy play? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What's the color of the car? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What's the correct time? 0-shot UtilityLogic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Who's the sister? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Who's the tallest? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
91.67%

Dialogue tags

Various tasks related to dialogue tags in text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
dialogue-200
Write 200 words with 10% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	47	45	22	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	12%
Write 200 words with 50% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1%
Write 200 words with 90% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	50	50	50	50	49	49	45	39	18	18	42%
dialogue-200											18.49%
dialogue-500
Write 500 words with 30% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	50	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8%
Write 500 words with 50% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Write 500 words with 70% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
dialogue-500											2.73%
Ungrouped
Write unattributed dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
23.38%

Language Comprehension

Does the model understand more than just English?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Asking for directions (Dutch) 0-shot Language	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Asking for directions (German) 0-shot Language	100	100	100	0	0	60%
Friend got new kittens (German) 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Friend got new kittens (Tagalog) 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
65.00%

Language Writing

Can the model generate text in different languages?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Character dialogue (French) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	100	91	89	96%
Character dialogue (German) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	100	92	83	95%
Character dialogue (Hindi) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	87	75	70	86%
Character dialogue (Italian) in a story 0-shot Language	90	86	83	83	75	83%
Character dialogue (Spanish) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	94	94	93	96%
91.42%

N-Length Sentences

Write sentences with exactly N words

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Write sentences with 5 words each 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	98	98	96	96	93	98%
Write sentences with 10 words each 0-shot Rule following	95	92	92	92	92	92	90	87	87	80	90%
Write sentences with 20 words each 0-shot Rule following	60	56	53	51	48	28	21	2	2	2	32%
73.42%

Novel outline

Handle questions about the outline of a novel in various formats

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
outline-count
Count acts 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count chapters 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count scenes 0-shot ToolingUtility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
outline-count											66.67%
pov-count
Count point of views for Jack and Olivia 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	50	50	50	50	0	0	0	0	40%
Count point of views for Jack Harper 0-shot ToolingUtility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Count point of views for Olivia 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30%
pov-count											23.33%
45.00%

Tool usage within Novelcrafter

Output messages that are related to tool usage within Novelcrafter

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Create alternate prose sections 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
100.00%

Voice/dialogue sheets

Extract dialogue from given text as voice sheets.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Multiple speakers 0-shot Utility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Simple 0-shot Utility	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%
Simple (1-shot) 1-shot Utility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Simple (5-shot) Few-shot Utility	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30%
Unattributed dialogue 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
30.00%

Write N of X

Write exactly N words/sentences/paragraphs...

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
paragraphs
1 paragraph summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 paragraph summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
5 paragraph summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
paragraphs											100.00%
sentences
1 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
10 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
20 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	98	98	98	92	54	9	85%
50 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	92	77	54	92%
sentences											95.44%
words
10 word summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	98	98	98	98	98	98	99%
20 word summary 0-shot Rule following	98	98	92	77	77	54	54	27	9	2	59%
50 word summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	98	98	92	77	77	54	54	9	76%
100 word summary 0-shot Rule following	54	54	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11%
200 word summary 0-shot Rule following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
words											48.99%
78.63%