Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition) vs Gemma 3 27B
Compare Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition) and Gemma 3 27B, both from Google AI, tested across 41 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition)
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 59x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition)
Input
$1.25
Output
$10.00
Gemma 3 27B
Input
$0.09
14× cheaper
Output
$0.17
59× cheaper
Gemma 3 27B is cheaper on both — 14× input, 59× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
60%
Gemma 3 27B uses 11.3x more transitions
Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition)
Gemma 3 27B
58%Vocabulary53%
16wSentence Length14w
0.38Hedging0.45
5.8Bold5.5
5.0Lists4.4
0.00Emoji0.00
0.63Headings0.20
0.01Transitions0.13
Based on 16 + 21 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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