Gemma 3 27B
Gemma 3 27B is worth evaluating for coding, rag, and long context when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating coding, rag, and long context
- Workloads that can use a 131k context window
- Buyers comparing 4 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
Cheapest of 5 routes · GCP Vertex AI
About
Gemma 3 27B is Google DeepMind's Gemma 3 instruction-tuned model with openly available weights and a 131K-token context window.
Gemma 3 27B is an open-weight model in the Gemma 3 family. The structured metadata tracks a 131k-token context window and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through NVIDIA NIM, Novita AI, OpenRouter, and 2 more, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.08 input and $0.16 output per 1M tokens. Headline tracked benchmarks include Aider Polyglot 4.9.
Top use-case fit: coding, agents, and build tasks
Coding
Q/$ C1 relevant benchmark in the decision map.
RAG
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Long context
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 5Compare API pricing across 4 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCP Vertex AI | $0.080 | $0.160 | Serverless |
| OpenRouter | $0.080 | $0.160 | Serverless |
| Novita AI | $0.119 | $0.200 | Serverless |
| AWS Bedrock | $0.500 | $0.500 | Serverless |
Available via routers & gateways(15)
LiteLLM
GatewayOpen-source Python SDK and proxy server that unifies 100+ LLM APIs behind a single OpenAI-compatible interface, with load balancing, cost tracking, and configurable failover.
OpenRouter
HybridUnified hybrid gateway to 400+ models from 60+ providers via a single OpenAI-compatible API, with optional auto-routing that selects the best model per prompt.
Portkey
GatewayProduction AI gateway routing to 1,600+ LLMs with failover, load balancing, semantic caching, and guardrails; Apache 2.0 core is fully self-hostable with the complete feature set.
AIRouter
RouterCommercial LLM router that analyzes incoming requests and routes to the optimal model for cost/quality/latency via a drop-in OpenAI-compatible API, with a privacy-preserving embedding mode that avoids sending prompt content.
Amazon Bedrock Intelligent Prompt Routing
RouterAWS Bedrock's native intelligent prompt router that routes prompts between Anthropic Claude model tiers (Haiku/Sonnet) based on predicted task complexity, with no extra per-routing charge.
Helicone
GatewayObservability-first AI gateway with routing, caching, rate limiting, and request tracing; Apache 2.0 open-source core with a managed hosted tier for logging and analytics.
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor Coding
Benchmark scores(1)
| Benchmark | Score | Version | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9 | 2026-04 | https://aider.chat/docs/leaderboards |
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Gemma 3 27B?
Gemma 3 27B has a context window of 131k tokens.
How much does Gemma 3 27B cost?
Gemma 3 27B pricing ranges from $0.08/1M to $0.50/1M input tokens depending on the provider.
When was Gemma 3 27B released?
Gemma 3 27B was released on 2025-03-12.
Which providers offer Gemma 3 27B?
Gemma 3 27B is available from 5 providers: NVIDIA NIM, Novita AI, OpenRouter, AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex AI.
What benchmarks has Gemma 3 27B been tested on?
Gemma 3 27B has been evaluated on 1 benchmark, including Aider Polyglot.
Cheapest of 5 routes · GCP Vertex AI