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Gemma 2 27B vs GPT-5

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemma 2 27B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
Gemma 2 27B
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5
Context Window
GPT-5
Speed
GPT-5

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemma 2 27BGPT-5Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.65$1.25 Gemma 2 27B
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.65$10.00 Gemma 2 27B
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$125000.00 GPT-5
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Gemma 2 27B is 81% cheaper overall.

Gemma 2 27B Providers

NextBit $0.65 (Cheapest)

GPT-5 Providers

OpenAI $1.25 (Cheapest)
Azure $1.25 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Gemma 2 27B Wins
4
GPT-5 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGPT-5Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
36.244.6
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-36.0-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-94.3-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
38.487.1
GPQA
Graduate-level science
16.785.4
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-84.6-
Aider
Real-world code editing
36.188.0
AIME
Competition math
-95.7-
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
49.3--
GPT-5 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Gemma 2 27B
8,192
tokens
Max output: 2,048 tokens
GPT-5
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5 has a 98% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemma 2 27BGPT-5Winner
Tokens/secondN/A83.1 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A109.19s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemma 2 27BGPT-5
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemma 2 27BGPT-5
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorGoogleOpenAI
ReleasedJul 2024Aug 2025

Gemma 2 27B Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

GPT-5 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
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.
GPT-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 36.0, compared to Gemma 2 27B's score of N/A.
Gemma 2 27B has a 8,192 token context window, while GPT-5 has a 400,000 token context window.
Gemma 2 27B does not support vision. GPT-5 supports vision.