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Gemma 2 27B

Google · Released Jul 13, 2024 · Open weights

Open Gemma instruction model for efficient chat and self-hosted deployments

Strongest at
Math
Better than 3% of the past year's models · one benchmark so far
Price per 1M tokens
$0.65 / $0.65
input / output · OpenRouter
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Capability profile

Where it lands among 90 models released in the past year. 50 is the average model.

This modelEvery model from the past year
Coding
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Writing
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Reading & documents
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Reasoning
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Math
28Better than 3% · 1 test
Science
32Better than 0% · 1 test
Visual reasoning
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Computer use
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Where these scores come from

Each capability combines the published benchmarks listed here, rescaled so 50 is the reference average and 15 points is one standard deviation. A hollow marker rests on a single benchmark.

Price against capability

The shaded corner holds anything better and cheaper. Prices blend input and output 3 to 1.

16 models from the past year score higher on Math for less: Claude Haiku 5.5, DeepSeek V3.2, GPT-6 Luna and 13 more.

$0.1$0.3$1$3$10$3020406080DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 63, $0.26 per 1MMuse Spark Open: 60, $2 per 1MClaude Haiku 5.5: 66, $0.2 per 1MMistral Large 4: 54, $2.06 per 1MGemini 4 Argon: 75, $4 per 1MGPT-6.1 Sol: 78, $4 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5.5: 75, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Sol: 74, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Luna: 63, $0.2 per 1MClaude Opus 5.5: 77, $8 per 1MGrok 4.7: 55, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 60, $0.27 per 1MGPT-6 Astra: 78, $20 per 1MMuse Spark 1.3: 65, $2 per 1MGemini 3.8 Flash: 58, $1.5 per 1MClaude Fable 5.1: 76, $20 per 1MGLM-5.3-Flash: 47, $0.24 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: 48, $0.32 per 1MQwen3.8 27B: 42, $1.12 per 1MGLM-5.3: 56, $2.15 per 1MGemini 3.7 Flash: 62, $1.5 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: 60, $0.99 per 1MGrok 4.6: 60, $3 per 1MMuse Spark 1.2: 56, $2 per 1MQwen3.8 Max: 62, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: 55, $0.067 per 1MClaude Opus 5: 73, $10 per 1MGemini 3.6 Flash: 52, $1.5 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 35, $0.85 per 1MKimi K3: 61, $6 per 1MQwen3.7 Flash: 48, $0.055 per 1MGPT-5.6 Terra: 70, $4.5 per 1MGPT-5.6 Sol: 73, $8 per 1MGPT-5.6 Luna: 63, $0.45 per 1MGrok 4.5: 55, $3 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5: 62, $4 per 1MGLM-5.2: 54, $2.15 per 1MKimi K2.7 Code: 46, $1.71 per 1MClaude Fable 5: 75, $20 per 1MQwen3.7 Plus: 54, $0.7 per 1MClaude Opus 4.8: 67, $10 per 1MQwen3.7 Max: 53, $3.75 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 54, $3.38 per 1MGPT-5.5 Instant: 42, $11.2 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro: 49, $0.26 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash: 27, $0.11 per 1MGPT-5.5 Pro: 72, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.5: 68, $11.2 per 1MQwen3.6 27B: 45, $1.35 per 1MKimi K2.6: 49, $1.71 per 1MGrok 4.3: 39, $1.56 per 1MGrok Build 0.1: 23, $1.25 per 1MClaude Opus 4.7: 60, $10 per 1MQwen3.6 35B-A3B: 49, $0.84 per 1MMuse Spark 1.1: 50, $2 per 1MGLM-5.1: 51, $2.15 per 1MGemma 4 31B IT: 58, $0.25 per 1MQwen3.6 Plus: 37, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.4 nano: 48, $0.46 per 1MGPT-5.4 mini: 44, $1.69 per 1MGPT-5.4 Pro: 67, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.4: 64, $5.62 per 1MGemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 49, $0.56 per 1MQwen3.5 Flash: 47, $0.18 per 1MQwen3.5 9B: 53, $0.19 per 1MQwen3.5 35B-A3B: 56, $0.69 per 1MGemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 55, $4.5 per 1MClaude Sonnet 4.6: 54, $6 per 1MQwen3.5 Plus: 63, $0.9 per 1MQwen3.5 397B-A17B: 52, $1.35 per 1MGLM-5: 60, $1.55 per 1MClaude Opus 4.6: 57, $10 per 1MGLM-4.7: 48, $1 per 1MGemini 3 Flash Preview: 50, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.2 Pro: 61, $57.8 per 1MGPT-5.2 Codex: 51, $4.81 per 1MGPT-5.2: 54, $4.81 per 1MDeepSeek V3.2: 64, $0.32 per 1MClaude Opus 4.5: 51, $10 per 1MGPT-5.1 Codex Max: 37, $3.44 per 1MGPT-5.1: 64, $3.44 per 1MGemma 2 27B: 28, $0.65 per 1MGemma 2 27BPrice per 1M tokens →↑ Math$0.1$1$1020406080DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 63, $0.26 per 1MMuse Spark Open: 60, $2 per 1MClaude Haiku 5.5: 66, $0.2 per 1MMistral Large 4: 54, $2.06 per 1MGemini 4 Argon: 75, $4 per 1MGPT-6.1 Sol: 78, $4 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5.5: 75, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Sol: 74, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Luna: 63, $0.2 per 1MClaude Opus 5.5: 77, $8 per 1MGrok 4.7: 55, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 60, $0.27 per 1MGPT-6 Astra: 78, $20 per 1MMuse Spark 1.3: 65, $2 per 1MGemini 3.8 Flash: 58, $1.5 per 1MClaude Fable 5.1: 76, $20 per 1MGLM-5.3-Flash: 47, $0.24 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: 48, $0.32 per 1MQwen3.8 27B: 42, $1.12 per 1MGLM-5.3: 56, $2.15 per 1MGemini 3.7 Flash: 62, $1.5 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: 60, $0.99 per 1MGrok 4.6: 60, $3 per 1MMuse Spark 1.2: 56, $2 per 1MQwen3.8 Max: 62, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: 55, $0.067 per 1MClaude Opus 5: 73, $10 per 1MGemini 3.6 Flash: 52, $1.5 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 35, $0.85 per 1MKimi K3: 61, $6 per 1MQwen3.7 Flash: 48, $0.055 per 1MGPT-5.6 Terra: 70, $4.5 per 1MGPT-5.6 Sol: 73, $8 per 1MGPT-5.6 Luna: 63, $0.45 per 1MGrok 4.5: 55, $3 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5: 62, $4 per 1MGLM-5.2: 54, $2.15 per 1MKimi K2.7 Code: 46, $1.71 per 1MClaude Fable 5: 75, $20 per 1MQwen3.7 Plus: 54, $0.7 per 1MClaude Opus 4.8: 67, $10 per 1MQwen3.7 Max: 53, $3.75 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 54, $3.38 per 1MGPT-5.5 Instant: 42, $11.2 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro: 49, $0.26 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash: 27, $0.11 per 1MGPT-5.5 Pro: 72, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.5: 68, $11.2 per 1MQwen3.6 27B: 45, $1.35 per 1MKimi K2.6: 49, $1.71 per 1MGrok 4.3: 39, $1.56 per 1MGrok Build 0.1: 23, $1.25 per 1MClaude Opus 4.7: 60, $10 per 1MQwen3.6 35B-A3B: 49, $0.84 per 1MMuse Spark 1.1: 50, $2 per 1MGLM-5.1: 51, $2.15 per 1MGemma 4 31B IT: 58, $0.25 per 1MQwen3.6 Plus: 37, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.4 nano: 48, $0.46 per 1MGPT-5.4 mini: 44, $1.69 per 1MGPT-5.4 Pro: 67, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.4: 64, $5.62 per 1MGemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 49, $0.56 per 1MQwen3.5 Flash: 47, $0.18 per 1MQwen3.5 9B: 53, $0.19 per 1MQwen3.5 35B-A3B: 56, $0.69 per 1MGemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 55, $4.5 per 1MClaude Sonnet 4.6: 54, $6 per 1MQwen3.5 Plus: 63, $0.9 per 1MQwen3.5 397B-A17B: 52, $1.35 per 1MGLM-5: 60, $1.55 per 1MClaude Opus 4.6: 57, $10 per 1MGLM-4.7: 48, $1 per 1MGemini 3 Flash Preview: 50, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.2 Pro: 61, $57.8 per 1MGPT-5.2 Codex: 51, $4.81 per 1MGPT-5.2: 54, $4.81 per 1MDeepSeek V3.2: 64, $0.32 per 1MClaude Opus 4.5: 51, $10 per 1MGPT-5.1 Codex Max: 37, $3.44 per 1MGPT-5.1: 64, $3.44 per 1MGemma 2 27B: 28, $0.65 per 1MGemma 2 27BPrice per 1M tokens →↑ Math

OpenRouter $0.65 / $0.65

The Gemma line

2 releases in the Gemma line.

Gemma 2 27BJul 13, 2024469dGemma 3nOct 25, 2025

A newer release is out: Gemma 3n.

ECI STANDING#189 of 270
SCORE122.12115.54–124.22 CI
FRONTIER LAGLaunched 15.4 months behindScores about what GPT-4 (Mar 2023) did in March 2023.
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Full Epoch Capabilities Index ranking ↗

Epoch benchmark boards

Best result on each board it has run. The tick marks the leader.

MMLU
76%#39 of 127
MATH level 5
28%#71 of 98

Google's past year

38 release days in the past year, about one every 10 days. The next is expected around Oct 31, 2026. Forecasts ↗

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Specifications

RELEASE DATEJul 13, 2024
WEIGHTSOpen weights
CONTEXT WINDOW8.2K
MAX OUTPUT2K
REASONINGNot listed
TOOL CALLINGNot listed
INPUTStext
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