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Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 vs Gemma 2 27B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode
  • Supports tool calls

Gemma 2 27B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
Price Advantage
Gemma 2 27B
Benchmark Advantage
Gemma 2 27B
Context Window
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06
Speed
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06Gemma 2 27BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.25$0.65 Gemma 2 27B
Output (per 1M tokens)$10.00$0.65 Gemma 2 27B
Cache Read (per 1M)$125000.00N/A Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06
Cache Write (per 1M)$375000.00N/A Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Gemma 2 27B is 81% cheaper overall.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 Providers

Google AI Studio $1.25 (Cheapest)
Google $1.25 (Cheapest)

Gemma 2 27B Providers

NextBit $0.65 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
3
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 Wins
1
Gemma 2 27B Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06Gemma 2 27BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
29.536.2
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
83.738.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
82.216.7
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
77.0--
Aider
Real-world code editing
76.936.1
AIME
Competition math
84.3--
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
-49.3-
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 wins 3 out of 7 benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06
1,048,576
tokens
Max output: 65,535 tokens
Gemma 2 27B
8,192
tokens
Max output: 2,048 tokens
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 has a 99% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06Gemma 2 27BWinner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.00sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06Gemma 2 27B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06Gemma 2 27B
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorGoogleGoogle
ReleasedMay 2025Jul 2024

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

Gemma 2 27B Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Gemma 2 27B has cheaper input pricing at $0.65/M tokens. Gemma 2 27B has cheaper output pricing at $0.65/M tokens.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of N/A, compared to Gemma 2 27B's score of N/A.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 has a 1,048,576 token context window, while Gemma 2 27B has a 8,192 token context window.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 supports vision. Gemma 2 27B does not support vision.