Gemma 2 27B
Where it stands
Quality in independent tests against price, next to 135 other models. Up means more capable, left means cheaper.
About this model
Gemma 2 27B is an AI model from Google DeepMind, made available through the API on July 13, 2024. It can read up to 8,192 tokens in one request, roughly 15 pages of text, and write up to 2,048 tokens in a single answer.
Through the API it costs $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens. Its pricing puts it among the more affordable models we track, which makes it a good fit for high-volume tasks.
Its weights are openly published (google/gemma-2-27b-it), so it can also be downloaded and run on your own hardware.
Quality scores
Rankings →- GPQA DiamondVery hard multiple-choice questions in biology, physics and chemistry, written by PhD experts. Random guessing scores 25%.36.5%#107 of 116
- AIME mathCompetition-level math problems in the style of the American Invitational Mathematics Examination. Share solved.1.4%#110 of 112
Where to use it
Companies that serve this model through an API: 1. Prices per million tokens, cheapest first.
Availability and prices come from OpenRouter’s public API and are refreshed daily. Uptime is the share of successful requests over the last 24 hours. Some providers run a compressed version of open models (fp8, int4), which is cheaper but can be slightly less accurate.
Use it in your code
Call Gemma 2 27B through OpenRouter’s OpenAI-compatible API: create a key on openrouter.ai, then run one of these examples.
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model": "google/gemma-2-27b-it", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello! What can you do?"}]}'import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key=os.environ["OPENROUTER_API_KEY"])
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
model="google/gemma-2-27b-it",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello! What can you do?"}],
)
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1", apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY });
const reply = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "google/gemma-2-27b-it",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! What can you do?" }],
});
console.log(reply.choices[0].message.content);The same code works with every model on this site: only the model ID changes. Many labs also offer their own API and SDK.
What it costs in practice
- 1,000 chat replies$0.52
- Summarise a 100-page document$0.033
- An app with 10,000 requests a day for a month$273
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See all →Frequently asked questions
- How much does Gemma 2 27B cost?
- Gemma 2 27B costs $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens through the API. For example, 1,000 chat replies of about 500 tokens in and 300 out cost around $0.52.
- What is the context window of Gemma 2 27B?
- Gemma 2 27B can read up to 8,192 tokens in one request, about 15 pages of text. It can write up to 2,048 tokens in a single answer.
- Is Gemma 2 27B open source?
- Yes. Its weights are published (google/gemma-2-27b-it), so you can download it and run it on your own hardware, or use it through one of 1 API providers.
- Who makes Gemma 2 27B?
- Gemma 2 27B is made by Google DeepMind. It became available through the API on July 13, 2024.
- How good is Gemma 2 27B?
- Gemma 2 27B has an overall index of 122.1 in Epoch AI’s independent tests, ranking #125 of 136 models we track.
- Can Gemma 2 27B read images?
- No. Gemma 2 27B only accepts text as input.
- What are the alternatives to Gemma 2 27B?
- Models with a similar price from other companies include Kimi K2.6, Qwen3 Coder Plus and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813. You can compare them side by side on this page.