Firefunction V2 vs Gemma 3
Firefunction V2 (2024) and Gemma 3 (2025) are compact production models from Fireworks AI and Google DeepMind. Firefunction V2 ships a 32k-token context window, while Gemma 3 ships a not-yet-sourced context window. On pricing, Gemma 3 costs $0.04/1M input tokens versus $0.90/1M for the alternative. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.
Gemma 3 is ~2150% cheaper at $0.04/1M; pay for Firefunction V2 only for provider fit.
Decision scorecard
Local evidence first| Signal | Firefunction V2 | Gemma 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | general production evaluation | provider-routed production |
| Decision fit | General | Classification and JSON / Tool use |
| Context window | 32k | — |
| Cheapest output | $0.90/1M tokens | $0.08/1M tokens |
| Provider routes | 1 tracked | 3 tracked |
| Shared benchmarks | 0 shared | 0 shared |
Decision tradeoffs
- Firefunction V2 has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
- Gemma 3 has the lower cheapest tracked output price at $0.08/1M tokens.
- Gemma 3 has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
- Gemma 3 uniquely exposes Structured outputs in local model data.
- Local decision data tags Gemma 3 for Classification and JSON / Tool use.
Monthly cost at traffic
Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.
Firefunction V2
$945
Cheapest tracked route/tier: Fireworks AI
Gemma 3
$52.00
Cheapest tracked route/tier: OpenRouter
Estimated monthly gap: $893. Batch, cache, alternate speed tiers, and negotiated pricing are excluded from this local estimate.
Switch friction
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Firefunction V2 and Gemma 3; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Gemma 3 is $0.82/1M tokens lower on cheapest tracked output pricing before cache, batch, or negotiated discounts.
- Gemma 3 adds Structured outputs in local capability data.
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Gemma 3 and Firefunction V2; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Firefunction V2 is $0.82/1M tokens higher on cheapest tracked output pricing, so quality gains need to justify the spend.
- Check replacement coverage for Structured outputs before moving production traffic.
Specs
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2024-01-29 | 2025-03-12 |
| Context window | 32k | — |
| Parameters | 70B | — |
| Architecture | Decoder Only | Decoder Only |
| License | Llama 3 Community | Gemma |
| Openness | Open weights | Open weights |
| Weights | Unknown | Unknown |
| Code | Unknown | Unknown |
| Commercial use | Commercial use: conditional | Commercial use: conditional |
| Knowledge cutoff | - | 2025-01 |
Pricing and availability
| Pricing attribute | Firefunction V2 | Gemma 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.90/1M tokens | $0.04/1M tokens |
| Output price | $0.90/1M tokens | $0.08/1M tokens |
| Providers |
Capabilities
| Capability | Firefunction V2 | Gemma 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | No | No |
| Multimodal | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| JSON / Tool use | No | No |
| Structured outputs | No | Yes |
| Code execution | No | No |
| IDE integration | No | No |
| Computer use | No | No |
| Parallel agents | No | No |
Benchmarks
No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.
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Last reviewed: 2026-09-30. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.