Which is cheaper, Gemini 1.5 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?
As of August 20, 2026, Gemma 3 27B is 98% cheaper on blended LLM API pricing. Gemma 3 27B costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens ($0.30 blended 1M-in + 1M-out). Gemini 1.5 Pro costs $2.50 / $10.00 per million tokens ($12.50 blended). Sources: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing and https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing. The cheapest LLM for your app still depends on how many output tokens you generate.
How much does Gemini 1.5 Pro vs Gemma 3 27B cost per million tokens?
Gemini 1.5 Pro Gemini API pricing is $2.50 input and $10.00 output per million tokens via Google. Gemma 3 27B Gemini API pricing is $0.10 input and $0.20 output per million tokens via Google. Use those four numbers, not ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription prices, when you are comparing APIs.
Which is better for coding, Gemini 1.5 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?
Gemma 3 27B has a published LiveCodeBench score of 29.7%. Gemini 1.5 Pro does not have that eval on this page yet.
What is the context window for Gemini 1.5 Pro vs Gemma 3 27B?
Gemini 1.5 Pro supports a 2M token context window, while Gemma 3 27B supports 131K tokens. Gemini 1.5 Pro offers a larger context window. Filling a larger window bills more input tokens, so the cheaper-per-million model can still cost more on long documents.
Which model performs better on benchmarks, Gemini 1.5 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?
Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemma 3 27B are tied across 8 shared benchmarks. Check the table for category-level strengths. Check the comparison table for GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench, MMLU, HLE, and the other evals we track. Token price and benchmark score together are the usual LLM comparison, not either number alone.
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro or Gemma 3 27B better for production use?
Both Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemma 3 27B are production API models. For cost-sensitive production traffic, Gemma 3 27B has better economics on the blended 1M-in + 1M-out scale. For maximum capability, weight the benchmark table for your domain. Many production stacks route cheap models for drafts and a frontier model for the hard turn, which is usually cheaper than sending everything to the expensive API.
Can I switch between Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemma 3 27B in my app?
Yes. Call Gemini 1.5 Pro through Google and Gemma 3 27B through Google with separate API keys, or through a gateway that already wraps both. Keep prompts in tokens, not characters, when you estimate the invoice. AnotherWrapper templates can swap providers without rewriting auth and billing.
How accurate is this Gemini 1.5 Pro vs Gemma 3 27B pricing data?
List rates are the latest published Gemini API pricing and Gemini API pricing, quoted per million tokens. Official rate sheets: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing and https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing. Prompt caching, batch APIs, and committed-use discounts can change the invoice. Benchmark scores are from official publications and independent evals, updated as new numbers land.
What is the output token limit for Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemma 3 27B?
Gemini 1.5 Pro supports up to 8K output tokens per request, while Gemma 3 27B supports up to 131K output tokens. Output tokens are usually the expensive half of API pricing, so a higher max output cap is a capability, not a discount.
Which model has better throughput, Gemini 1.5 Pro or Gemma 3 27B?
Gemini 1.5 Pro runs at approximately 85 tokens/second while Gemma 3 27B runs at 33 tokens/second. Gemini 1.5 Pro is faster in raw throughput. Throughput (tokens per second) and time-to-first-token are why two models with the same per-million-token price can still feel different in chat and agents.
How do I switch the models in this Gemini 1.5 Pro vs Gemma 3 27B comparison?
Use the model pickers at the top of this LLM comparison. Search any model in the index and the URL updates. Open Gemini 1.5 Pro or Gemma 3 27B from the sidebar for the single-model API pricing page, or go back to the LLM pricing table to sort by cheapest blended cost.
