Google · Released Jul 13, 2024Gemma 2 27B
Open Gemma instruction model for efficient chat and self-hosted deployments.
- Capability
- 122.1ECI · #152 of 165
- Input
- $0.65per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.65per 1M tokens
- Context
- 8K2K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.65per million tokens
- Output
- $0.65per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.65cheaper than 52% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $1.63 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $19.50 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $195.00 |
Median of 3 paid API providers on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#152 of 165 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (115.8–124.1); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Google.
The details
- Lab
- Released
- Jul 13, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- Jun 30, 2024
- Context window
- 8,192 tokens
- Max output
- 2,048 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- No
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- Availability
- 3 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Gemma 2 27B
How much does Gemma 2 27B cost?
Gemma 2 27B costs $0.65 input / $0.65 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.65 per million tokens, cheaper than 52% of the 445 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Gemma 2 27B?
Gemma 2 27B accepts up to 8,192 tokens per request and can write up to 2,048 tokens in one response.
How good is Gemma 2 27B?
Epoch AI gives Gemma 2 27B a Capabilities Index score of 122.1 (likely range 115.8–124.1), ranking it #152 of 165 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 36.5%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 1.4%.
Is Gemma 2 27B open source?
Yes. Google publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Gemma 2 27B support?
Gemma 2 27B accepts text and replies in text. It is not a dedicated reasoning model, does not support tool calling.
When was Gemma 2 27B released?
Google released Gemma 2 27B on Jul 13, 2024. Its training data runs to Jun 30, 2024.
What are the best alternatives to Gemma 2 27B?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Mistral Large (Mistral AI, ECI 122.0, $0.50 / $1.50), Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct (Meta, ECI 125.9, $0.72 / $0.72), Claude Haiku 3 (Anthropic, ECI 118.8, $0.25 / $1.25) and GPT-4o mini (OpenAI, ECI 126.5, $0.15 / $0.60).