Gemma 2 27B vs Mistral Large 3 2512

Gemma 2 27B at $0.748 in and $0.748 out and Mistral Large 3 2512 at $0.575 in and $1.73 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Gemma 2 27B

Google

0.43¢

for a client proposal

$0.748 in · $0.748 out / 1M

8K context · released July 2024

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Mistral Large 3 2512

Mistral AI

0.43¢

for a client proposal

$0.575 in · $1.73 out / 1M

262K context · released December 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.86¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Mistral Large 3 2512 at $0.575 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Gemma 2 27B at $0.748 per million tokens.
Largest context: Mistral Large 3 2512 at 262K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Gemma 2 27B

0.19¢

Mistral Large 3 2512

0.2¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Gemma 2 27B

0.43¢

Mistral Large 3 2512

0.43¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Gemma 2 27B

needs 155K ctx

Mistral Large 3 2512

$0.10

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Gemma 2 27B

needs 35K ctx

Mistral Large 3 2512

2.2¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Gemma 2 27B

needs 250K ctx

Mistral Large 3 2512

$0.15

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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80% Input20% Output

Gemma 2 27B

Mistral Large 3 2512

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Gemma 2 27B

Mistral Large 3 2512

Input / 1M tokens

$0.748

$0.575

Output / 1M tokens

$0.748

$1.73

Cached input / 1M

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$0.058

Specs

Gemma 2 27B

Mistral Large 3 2512

Provider

Google

Mistral AI

Released

July 2024

December 2025

Context window

262K

Max output

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Input

Text

Text, Images, and Files

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

2024-06-30

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Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Gemma 2 27B

Google

0.19¢

for this task

80% input · 20% output

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Mistral Large 3 2512

Mistral AI

0.2¢

for this task

57% input · 43% output

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All 2, same prompt and context: 0.39¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 1,288 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Mistral Large 3 2512 has the largest context window here — 262K tokens.

On price, Mistral Large 3 2512 is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.43¢.

For images or files, Mistral Large 3 2512 can read them directly; Gemma 2 27B is text-only.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Gemma 2 27B or Mistral Large 3 2512?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Mistral Large 3 2512 at 0.43¢; Gemma 2 27B at 0.43¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Mistral Large 3 2512 — 262K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Gemma 2 27B and Mistral Large 3 2512 side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.86¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.86¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.