Google · Released Mar 12, 2025Gemma 3 27B IT
Largest open Gemma 3 instruction model for multilingual text generation and visual understanding.
- Capability
- 130.0ECI · #125 of 148
- Input
- $0.08per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.20per 1M tokens
- Context
- 131K131K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.08per million tokens
- Output
- $0.20per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.11cheaper than 90% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $0.26 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $3.00 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $30.00 |
Median of 9 paid API providers on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#125 of 148 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (124.1–132.2); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Google.
The details
- Lab
- Released
- Mar 12, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- Aug 2024
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Max output
- 131,072 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- Availability
- 10 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Gemma 3 27B IT
How much does Gemma 3 27B IT cost?
Gemma 3 27B IT costs $0.08 input / $0.20 output per million tokens (median across 9 API providers). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.11 per million tokens, cheaper than 90% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Gemma 3 27B IT?
Gemma 3 27B IT accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request and can write up to 131,072 tokens in one response.
How good is Gemma 3 27B IT?
Epoch AI gives Gemma 3 27B IT a Capabilities Index score of 130.0 (likely range 124.1–132.2), ranking it #125 of 148 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 47.7%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 22.5%.
Is Gemma 3 27B IT open source?
Yes. Google publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Gemma 3 27B IT support?
Gemma 3 27B IT accepts text and images and replies in text. It is not a dedicated reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Gemma 3 27B IT released?
Google released Gemma 3 27B IT on Mar 12, 2025. Its training data runs to Aug 2024.
What are the best alternatives to Gemma 3 27B IT?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Mistral Small 3.2 (Mistral AI, ECI 131.7, $0.10 / $0.30), Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct (Meta, ECI 129.7, $0.225 / $0.69), Qwen3 30B A3B (Alibaba (Qwen), ECI 136.2, $0.114 / $0.50) and GLM-4.7-Flash (Z.ai (Zhipu), $0.06 / $0.40).