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Gemma 3 27B vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemma 3 27B wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
Price Advantage
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Gemma 3 27B
Context Window
Gemma 3 27B
Speed
Gemma 3 27B

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemma 3 27BQwen2.5 7B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.04$0.04Tie
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.15$0.10 Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)$20000.00N/A Gemma 3 27B
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is 19% cheaper overall.

Gemma 3 27B Providers

Chutes $0.04 (Cheapest)
Parasail $0.08
DeepInfra $0.08
Nebius $0.10
Phala $0.11

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Providers

Phala $0.04 (Cheapest)
AtlasCloud $0.04 (Cheapest)
Together $0.30

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Gemma 3 27B Wins
1
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemma 3 27BQwen2.5 7B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
10.235.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
9.6--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
20.7--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
66.936.5
GPQA
Graduate-level science
42.85.5
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
13.7--
Aider
Real-world code editing
4.9--
AIME
Competition math
25.3--
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
-34.9-
Gemma 3 27B significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Gemma 3 27B
128,000
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
32,768
tokens
Gemma 3 27B has a 74% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemma 3 27BQwen2.5 7B InstructWinner
Tokens/second34.7 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token2.03sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemma 3 27BQwen2.5 7B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemma 3 27BQwen2.5 7B Instruct
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorGoogleQwen
ReleasedMar 2025Oct 2024

Gemma 3 27B Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Gemma 3 27B has cheaper input pricing at $0.04/M tokens. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.10/M tokens.
Gemma 3 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 9.6, compared to Qwen2.5 7B Instruct's score of N/A.
Gemma 3 27B has a 128,000 token context window, while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has a 32,768 token context window.
Gemma 3 27B supports vision. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct does not support vision.