Google: Gemma 2 27B

google · Released Jul 13, 2024
DFO score #369 / 697
12.6 leaderboard score
Speed
47 tok/s · best OpenRouter provider
Input Price #487 / 697
$0.650 per 1M tokens
Output Price #350 / 697
$0.650 per 1M tokens
Context #554 / 697
8,192 tokens

Analysis Summary

Google's Gemma 2 27B is a text-only model released in 2024. The available data lists an 8K context window and input and output pricing of $0.65 per million tokens, but provides no benchmark results or tool-use features. Its reasoning, writing quality, and coding performance therefore cannot be assessed reliably from this record.

A team could run a controlled evaluation for short-form content or other narrow text tasks, but the provided data does not make a strong case for selecting it over lower-cost options. The limited context also makes it less suitable for long briefs, research packets, and document-heavy client work. Keep it out of production workflows until representative testing confirms both output quality and consistency.

Assessed September 23, 2026

Editorial notes

Gemma 2 27B is a text-only model with an 8K context window and no benchmark results supplied. Its listed pricing is higher than the smaller Gemma 2 option, with performance still needing validation.

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DFO Verdict

Gemma 2 27B is a text-only model with an 8K context window and no benchmark results supplied. Its listed pricing is higher than the smaller Gemma 2 option, with performance still needing validation.

#369 of 697 overall Down 2 this week

How Google: Gemma 2 27B compares

Its 8K-token context window is larger than 21% of the models we list. At $0.65 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 30% of comparable models.

Position in the field
DFO score: ahead of 47% of models #368
Price: cheaper than 30% of models #487
Context: larger than 21% of models #554
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
Google: Gemma 2 27B $0.65 in $0.65 out
Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 $4.00 in $20.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5 $2.00 in $10.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 $10.00 in $50.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.65 $0.000650
Output $0.65 $0.000650

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$2.34/mo Google: Gemma 2 27B $0.0008 per request
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About Google: Gemma 2 27B

Gemma 2 27B by Google is an open model built from the same research and technology used to create the Gemini models. Gemma models are well-suited for a variety of..

Frequently asked questions about Google: Gemma 2 27B

How much does Google: Gemma 2 27B cost?

Google: Gemma 2 27B costs $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of Google: Gemma 2 27B?

Google: Gemma 2 27B has a context window of 8,192 tokens (8K).

Who created Google: Gemma 2 27B?

Google: Gemma 2 27B is developed by Google and was released on July 13, 2024.

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