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Gemma 3 27B vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Gemma 3 27B at $0.092 in and $0.517 out and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at $0.115 in and $0.368 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Gemma 3 27B

Google

0.09¢

for a client proposal

$0.092 in · $0.517 out / 1M

131K context · released March 2025

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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Meta

0.09¢

for a client proposal

$0.115 in · $0.368 out / 1M

131K context · released December 2024

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.17¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

  • Cheapest input: Gemma 3 27B at $0.092 per million tokens.
  • Cheapest output: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at $0.368 per million tokens.
  • Identical context windows: 131K tokens each.

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 3 27B
0.04¢
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
0.04¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out
Gemma 3 27B
0.09¢
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
0.09¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out
Gemma 3 27B
needs 155K ctx
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out
Gemma 3 27B
0.37¢
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
0.44¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out
Gemma 3 27B
needs 250K ctx
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
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
free$0.09$0.180 tokens250k500k750k1000k
Gemma 3 27B
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

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

Pricing

Gemma 3 27B
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Input / 1M tokens
$0.092
$0.115
Output / 1M tokens
$0.517
$0.368
Cached input / 1M
$0.046
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Specs

Gemma 3 27B
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Provider
Google
Meta
Released
March 2025
December 2024
Context window
131K
131K
Max output
131K
16K
Input
Text and Images
Text
Output
Text
Text
Reasoning
Answers directly
Answers directly
Knowledge cutoff
2024-08-31
2023-12-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Gemma 3 27B

Google

0.04¢

for this task

42% input · 58% output

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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Meta

0.04¢

for this task

56% input · 44% output

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All 2, same prompt and context: 0.09¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 5,836 of these.

Which should you pick?

On price, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.09¢.

For images or files, Gemma 3 27B can read them directly; Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 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 3 27B or Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at 0.09¢; Gemma 3 27B at 0.09¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

They are identical — 131K tokens each, about 190 pages.

Can I run Gemma 3 27B and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 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 0.17¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.17¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.

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