Gemma 3 27B
Open Weights
Google's flagship open-weights model in the Gemma 3 family (March 2025), with vision support, a 128K-token context window, and multilingual coverage. Runs efficiently on a single GPU/TPU and is free to self-host under the Gemma license.
Strengths
- Open weights - free to self-host and fine-tune under the Gemma license
- Vision support and 128K-token context window
- Runs efficiently on a single GPU/TPU for a 27B model
- Strong multilingual coverage
Caveats
- Lower ceiling than Google's proprietary Gemini flagships
- Gemma license has use restrictions (not a standard OSI license)
- No audio/video input (text + image only)
- Vendor
- Context Window
- 128,000 tokens
- Max Output
- 8,192 tokens
- License
- Gemma
- Release Date
- 2025-03-12
- Modalities
- textimage
| Benchmark | Score | Max |
|---|---|---|
| livebench_language | 37.9 | 100.0 |
| livebench_coding | 39.9 | 100.0 |
| livebench_instruction_following | 71.5 | 100.0 |
Capabilities
Vision
Audio
Video
Tool Use
Resources
Pricing
Open weights under the Gemma license - free to self-host; managed pricing varies by provider.