Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) vs Gemma 3 27B
Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) and Gemma 3 27B, both from Google AI, tested across 20 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Gemma 3 27B
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Gemma 3 27B is 21x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Input
$0.17
Output
$3.50
Gemma 3 27B
Input
$0.09
1.9× cheaper
Output
$0.17
21× cheaper
Gemma 3 27B is cheaper on both — 1.9× input, 21× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
82%
Gemma 3 27B uses 19.9x more headings
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Gemma 3 27B
53%Vocabulary53%
14wSentence Length14w
0.38Hedging0.45
4.4Bold5.5
4.1Lists4.4
0.00Emoji0.00
0.00Headings0.20
0.24Transitions0.13
Based on 7 + 21 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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