Gemma 2 27B vs Qwen3 235B A22B

Gemma 2 27B at $0.748 in and $0.748 out and Qwen3 235B A22B at $0.523 in and $2.09 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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Qwen3 235B A22B

Qwen

0.43¢

for a client proposal

$0.523 in · $2.09 out / 1M

131K context · released April 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: Qwen3 235B A22B at $0.523 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Gemma 2 27B at $0.748 per million tokens.
Largest context: Qwen3 235B A22B at 131K tokens — about 190 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¢

Qwen3 235B A22B

0.21¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Gemma 2 27B

0.43¢

Qwen3 235B A22B

0.43¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Gemma 2 27B

needs 155K ctx

Qwen3 235B A22B

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Gemma 2 27B

needs 35K ctx

Qwen3 235B A22B

2¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Gemma 2 27B

needs 250K ctx

Qwen3 235B A22B

needs 250K ctx

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

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output

Gemma 2 27B

Qwen3 235B A22B

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

Pricing

Gemma 2 27B

Qwen3 235B A22B

Input / 1M tokens

$0.748

$0.523

Output / 1M tokens

$0.748

$2.09

Specs

Gemma 2 27B

Qwen3 235B A22B

Provider

Google

Qwen

Released

July 2024

April 2025

Context window

131K

Max output

Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

2024-06-30

2025-03-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Gemma 2 27B

Google

0.19¢

for this task

80% input · 20% output

Full pricing →

Qwen3 235B A22B

Qwen

0.21¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.4¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 1,262 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Qwen3 235B A22B has the largest context window here — 131K tokens.

On price, Qwen3 235B A22B is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.43¢.

If you want to watch the model think, Qwen3 235B A22B shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

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 Qwen3 235B A22B?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Qwen3 235B A22B 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?

Qwen3 235B A22B — 131K tokens, about 190 pages.

Can I run Gemma 2 27B and Qwen3 235B A22B 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.