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Gemma 3 27B

Gemma 3 27B — Spezifikationen

Compiled by Mustafa Ihsan from the vendor’s published documentation · Last updated

Entwickler Google
Typ LLM (multimodal)
Modality Text, Bild → Text
Parameter 27B
Kontextfenster 128 K
Lizenz Gemma (offen)
Offene Gewichte Ja
Veröffentlicht 2025
Eingabepreis $0.08 /1M
Ausgabepreis $0.16 /1M
API-Anbieter Google AI Studio, OpenRouter, Ollama

Lokal ausführen

VRAM (4-Bit) ~16 GB
Mindest-GPU RTX 4080 16 GB / RTX 4090

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What is Gemma 3 27B?

Gemma 3 27B is the largest open model in Google’s Gemma 3 line — multimodal across text
and images, 128K context, 140+ languages — and the strongest single-GPU local model in its
class. It needs roughly 16 GB of VRAM at 4-bit, so an RTX 4080 16GB or an RTX 4090.

The phrase “single-GPU” is what makes it interesting. Above this size, open models tend to
jump straight to multi-GPU servers: 70B-class models want 40 GB, and the large
mixture-of-experts flagships want hundreds. Gemma 3 27B is close to the ceiling of what one
consumer card can hold while remaining genuinely capable, which makes it the practical
maximum for a workstation deployment. Teams that need on-premises inference for compliance
reasons, and can live with 27B-class quality rather than frontier quality, can serve it from
a single machine instead of a rack. The API price of $0.08 in / $0.16 out per million tokens
is low enough that self-hosting only pays at sustained volume — worth checking against the
Selbsthosting vs. API
Rechner
before buying hardware.

Gemma 3 27B pricing: API cost per 1M tokens

Eingabe (pro 1 Mio. Token)$0.0800
Ausgabe (pro 1 Mio. Token)$0.160
Verhältnis Output/Input
Gemischt (4:1 Input:Output)$0.0960 pro 1 Mio. Tokens

What Gemma 3 27B costs per month

Tatsächliche monatliche Ausgaben bei einem 4:1-Input-zu-Output-Mix – dem Verhältnis, das typische Chat- oder RAG-Arbeitslasten tatsächlich erzeugen.

WorkloadTokens/MonatKosten pro Monat
Nebenprojekt 1 Mio. Eingabe / 0,25 Mio. Ausgabe $0.12
Kleines Team 20 Mio. Eingabe / 5 Mio. Ausgabe $2.40
Produktion 200 Mio. Eingabe / 50 Mio. Ausgabe $24

Stellen Sie Ihre eigenen Berechnungen im KI-API-Kostenrechner.

Cheaper alternatives to Gemma 3 27B

ModellGewichteter Preis pro Million US-DollarSie sparen
Phi-4 offenere $0.0840 13% cheaper

Selbst hosten oder die API nutzen?

Gemma 3 27B is open-weight, so you can run it yourself. It needs ~16 GB of VRAM at 4-bit (RTX 4080 16GB / RTX 4090). Self-hosting only beats the API once your volume is high enough to keep that hardware busy — the Selbsthosting vs. API-Rechner berechnet den Break-even-Punkt für Ihr Token-Volumen.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

How much does Gemma 3 27B cost per 1M tokens?

Gemma 3 27B costs $0.0800 per 1M input tokens and $0.160 per 1M output tokens. At a typical 4:1 input-to-output mix that blends to about $0.0960 per 1M tokens.

How much does Gemma 3 27B cost per month?

A small-team workload of 20M input and 5M output tokens a month costs about $2.40 on Gemma 3 27B. A side project (1M in / 0.25M out) costs roughly $0.12.

What is a cheaper alternative to Gemma 3 27B?

Phi-4 is the strongest cheaper option in our database at $0.0840 per 1M blended — about 13% less than Gemma 3 27B. It is also open-weight, so self-hosting is an option.

Can I run Gemma 3 27B locally?

Yes. Gemma 3 27B is open-weight and needs about ~16 GB of VRAM at 4-bit quantisation (RTX 4080 16GB / RTX 4090).

Why does Gemma 3 27B charge more for output than input?

Output tokens are generated one at a time and cannot be batched the way a prompt can, so they cost the provider more to serve. Gemma 3 27B charges 2× more for output, which is why prompt-heavy workloads are far cheaper to run than generation-heavy ones.

Die Preise entsprechen den offiziell veröffentlichten Listenpreisen für die primäre API des jeweiligen Modells und werden regelmäßig aktualisiert, sobald Anbieter diese ändern. Volumen-, Batch- und Cached-Input-Rabatte sind nicht enthalten. Vergleichen Sie alle Modelle nebeneinander im Datenbank für KI-Modelle oder das LLM-Leaderboard.

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