Google · Released Mar 12, 2025
Gemma 3 27B
Gemma 3 introduces multimodality, supporting vision-language input and text outputs. It handles context windows up to 128k tokens, understands over 140 languages, and offers improved math, reasoning, and chat capabilities,...
- Released
- Mar 12 2025
- Context window
- 131K 118K out
- Input / 1M tokens
- $0.08
- Output / 1M tokens
- $0.35 from $0.16
Where to run it
5 providers compared
Cheapest: DeepInfra at $0.08 / $0.16 per 1M input / output tokens — 42% less than the priciest option.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Context | Max output | Uptime | vs. best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfraFP8 | $0.08 | $0.16 | — | 131K | 16K | 98.8%24h | Cheapest |
| NovitaBF16 · no tool calling | $0.12 | $0.20 | — | 98K | 16K | 96.2%24h | +39% |
| NextBitFP8 · no tool calling | $0.08 | $0.35 | $0.04 | 131K | 118K | 98.7%24h | +47% |
| NebiusFP8 · no tool calling | $0.10 | $0.30 | — | 110K | 99K | 94.4%24h | +50% |
| ParasailFP8 · no tool calling | $0.08 | $0.45 | $0.04 | 131K | 118K | 98.7%24h | +72% |
Value
Price vs. performance
Gemma 3 27B Other Google Other labs Value frontier · GPQA Diamond vs. input price per 1M tokens (log scale) · Drag to pan, pinch or Ctrl + scroll to zoom, double-click to zoom in.
Benchmarks
9 benchmark scores
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SciCodeSoftware engineering · Research-coding problems from the natural sciences | 23.3% | #100of 102 | Claude Opus 5.566.9% |
| Aider PolyglotSoftware engineering · Hard Exercism problems in many languages | 4.9% | #24of 26 | GPT-588.0% |
| Lech Mazur WritingWriting & content · Short stories weaving 10 required elements, judged 0–10 | 7.99/10 | #15of 27 | GPT-58.60/10 |
| Fiction.LiveBenchWriting & content · Understanding long creative writing (16k tokens) | 33.3% | #22of 24 | GPT-597.2% |
| GeoBenchDesign & visual · Guess the country a photo was taken in | 52.0% | #15of 15 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview88.0% |
| GPQA DiamondReasoning & knowledge · PhD-level biology, chemistry and physics questions | 47.7% | #106of 122 | Gemini 4 Argon96.4% |
| CritPtReasoning & knowledge · Open-ended, research-level physics problems | 0.0% | #92of 111 | GPT-5.6 Sol32.3% |
| LMCAReasoning & knowledge · Judge the quality of conceptual arguments like experts | 12.3% | #112of 123 | Claude Sonnet 5.568.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIMEMaths · Competition-style problems harder than MATH Level 5 | 22.5% | #97of 120 | Gemini 4 Argon100.0% |
Specs
Details
- Model ID
google/gemma-3-27b-it- Developer
- Release date
- Mar 12, 2025 ·
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Max output
- 117,964 tokens
- API price
- $0.08 / $0.35 per 1M input / output tokens
- Providers
- 5
- Input types
- text, image
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Open weights
- Yes
- Free tier
- No
Release date, prices and providers from OpenRouter's catalog; buying directly from a provider can cost a little differently. Uptime is the share of OpenRouter requests each provider served over the last day. Benchmark scores are the best result per benchmark from Epoch AI, licensed CC BY 4.0. Rank counts every model tracked here with a score.