Google: Gemma 3 27B (free)
Analysis Summary
Google: Gemma 3 27B (free) sits in the Emerging tier on our leaderboard, ranked #457 of 544 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.000 input and $0.000 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a standard large context window and supports vision.
Editorial notes
The free tier of Google's Gemma 3 27B offers vision capabilities and a 131K context window at no cost, making it an attractive option for experimentation and lightweight tasks. Its reasoning and coding capabilities are limited, but the zero-cost access is a meaningful advantage for budget-conscious teams.
Assessed April 23, 2026
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Performance Profile
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,..
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Architecture Detail
| Instruct Type | gemma |
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
google/gemma-3-27b-it:free
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| Provider | |
| Release Date | March 12, 2025 |
| Context Length | 131,072 tokens |
| Max Completion | 8,192 tokens |
| Status | Active |
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