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  5. Gemma 3 27BvsGPT OSS 20B
Updated Aug 2025

Gemma 3 27BvsGPT OSS 20B

GPT OSS 20B wins 60% of 330 blind community votes against Gemma 3 27B on Rival.

Gemma 3 27B and GPT OSS 20B compared across 54 shared prompts
SpecGemma 3 27BGPT OSS 20B
Win rate40%60%
Input price$0.09/M tokens$0.02/M tokens
Output price$0.17/M tokens$0.1/M tokens
Context window—131K tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMar 2025Aug 2025
Our Verdict
GPT OSS 20B
GPT OSS 20BWinner
Gemma 3 27B
Gemma 3 27BRunner-up

Pick GPT OSS 20B. In 330 blind votes, GPT OSS 20B wins 60% of the time. That's not luck.

Pick Gemma 3 27B for Analysis, Conversation. Pick GPT OSS 20B for Image Generation, Reasoning, Web Design.

Clear winner
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Gemma 3 27B
Input
$0.09
Output
$0.17
GPT OSS 20B
Input
$0.02
4.5× cheaper
Output
$0.10
1.7× cheaper

GPT OSS 20B is cheaper on both: 4.5× input, 1.7× output.

Where to run it

16 hosts, cheapest first

Gemma 3 27B4 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp8$0.08 in·$0.16 out·131k·99.9% upPParasailfp8$0.08 in·$0.45 out·131k·99.9% upNNovitabf16$0.12 in·$0.20 out·98k·82.1% upNNebiusfp8degraded$0.10 in·$0.30 out·110k·70.9% up
GPT OSS 20B12 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
AAkashMLfp4$0.02 in·$0.10 out·131k·92.3% upDDarkbloomfp8$0.02 in·$0.10 out·131k·99.7% upCCoreWeavefp4$0.03 in·$0.13 out·131k·100% upDDeepInfrabf16$0.03 in·$0.14 out·131k·100% upPParasailfp4$0.03 in·$0.15 out·131k·99.9% upNNovitafp4$0.04 in·$0.15 out·131k·99.9% up
6 more hostsFewer hosts
PPhala$0.04 in·$0.15 out·131k·100% upSSiliconFlowfp8$0.04 in·$0.18 out·131k·97.2% upTTogether$0.05 in·$0.20 out·131k·96.9% upAmazon Bedrock$0.07 in·$0.15 out·131k·99.9% upGoogle Vertex AI$0.07 in·$0.25 out·131k·99.7% upGroq$0.07 in·$0.30 out·131k·99.8% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
34%

Gemma 3 27B uses 4.1x more emoji

Gemma 3 27B
GPT OSS 20B
55%Vocabulary54%
15wSentence Length17w
0.44Hedging0.26
5.2Bold5.9
4.1Lists3.3
0.42Emoji0.10
0.19Headings0.75
0.12Transitions0.32
Based on 29 + 21 text responses
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