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Gemma 2 27B vs o3 Mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemma 2 27B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Higher intelligence benchmark

o3 Mini wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Better at coding
  • Has reasoning mode
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
Gemma 2 27B
Benchmark Advantage
Gemma 2 27B
Context Window
o3 Mini
Speed
o3 Mini

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemma 2 27Bo3 MiniWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.65$1.10 Gemma 2 27B
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.65$4.40 Gemma 2 27B
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$550000.00 o3 Mini
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Gemma 2 27B is 66% cheaper overall.

Gemma 2 27B Providers

NextBit $0.65 (Cheapest)

o3 Mini Providers

OpenAI $1.10 (Cheapest)
Vercel $1.10 (Cheapest)
Azure $1.10 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Gemma 2 27B Wins
3
o3 Mini Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemma 2 27Bo3 MiniWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
36.225.9
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-17.9-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
38.479.1
GPQA
Graduate-level science
16.774.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-71.7-
Aider
Real-world code editing
36.160.4
AIME
Competition math
-77.0-
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
49.3--
o3 Mini significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Gemma 2 27B
8,192
tokens
Max output: 2,048 tokens
o3 Mini
200,000
tokens
Max output: 100,000 tokens
o3 Mini has a 96% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemma 2 27Bo3 MiniWinner
Tokens/secondN/A135.2 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A17.00s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemma 2 27Bo3 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemma 2 27Bo3 Mini
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorGoogleOpenAI
ReleasedJul 2024Jan 2025

Gemma 2 27B Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

o3 Mini Modalities

Input
textfile
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.
o3 Mini scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 17.9, compared to Gemma 2 27B's score of N/A.
Gemma 2 27B has a 8,192 token context window, while o3 Mini has a 200,000 token context window.
Gemma 2 27B does not support vision. o3 Mini does not support vision.