Gemma 3 27B

What was new in Gemma 3 27B compared with Gemma 2 27B was visual input in an open 27B checkpoint. Google reports 14 trillion training tokens, more than 140 training languages, and Gemma 4 31B as the later family.
The checkpoint understands images and generates text. The weight page gives the exact google/gemma-3-27b-it path and documents local use with Transformers and vLLM.
| Specification | Value and source |
|---|---|
| Weights | Open weightsSource |
| Access | API, LocalSource |
| Parameters | 27BSource |
| Context window | 128,000 tokensSource |
| Knowledge cutoff | August 2024Source |
| Release | 2025-03-12Source |
| Parameters | 27 BSource |
| Input | Text, ImageSource |
| Output | TextSource |
| Architecture | Decoder-only transformer with multimodal vision encoder; instruction-tuned variantSource |
| License | Gemma Terms of UseSource |
| Training tokens | 14,000,000,000,000 tokensSource |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-08Source |
| Languages | 140+Source |
Benchmark meta-analysis
These Gradually indexes place selected published measurements on a 0 to 100 scale. They are not accuracy percentages and do not guarantee results in your application.
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Method version: benchmark-meta-score-v3
The index includes active measurements from reviewed primary sources when at least five models are compared in the same documented comparison slice across dataset, harness, agent, tools, and trial count. Each benchmark series and evaluator contributes one shared setup slice from the newest capture. When one source and series include several explicitly documented reasoning tiers, the highest documented tier (none through max) is selected, never the best result value. The explicit source label “Non-reasoning” is treated as none. Unknown or ambiguous tiers exclude the model from that series. Within each series, percentages and rates are logit-transformed, other units stay unchanged, and all values are then standardized. A one-factor model then estimates one shared strength per model and, per series, how sharply it separates the models. Area scores move away from that strength only as far as the model's own results in the area support. The overall score weights the core areas at 75% and finance, law and health at 25%. It requires at least eight test series from two sources and three areas. The 0 to 100 scale refers to a fixed reference group of 29 language models whose average sits at 50.
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The source count is not a count of independent experiments.
OECD handbook on composite indicatorsAll 0 test families and 0 of 0 raw measurements are listed here. The complete calculation for every model is available in the JSON export.
Each evaluator measures different capabilities under its own conditions. Test series, composite indices and their components stay separate. The detailed results below retain their scales, configurations and source dates.
| Evaluator | Test series | Composite indices | Recorded active measurements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Coverage is not a quality ranking. Overlapping tests and multiple settings do not count as independent experiments. Vendor claims, historical and disputed results are excluded from this overview and remain labelled in the detailed evidence.
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These measurements have no matching peer values under the same test conditions. Their original values and sources remain available here.
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One SVG prompt and fixed output settings. Captures are shown only with 0 reported reasoning tokens or documented lack of reasoning controls. Identical test conditions do not make the models' internal compute identical.

A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.
Gemma 3 27B
API access was unavailable for this run. The model was not evaluated.
Reasoning (requested): not specified
Not yet visually reviewed. A successful recording does not confirm correct physics or full compliance with the prompt.
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens
Task origin (Simon Willison)36.9 / 100
Previous generation in the directory
Google's Gemma 3 model card describes Gemma 3 as "available in more sizes than previous versions"; Gemma 3's 27B variant is the same nominal top dense size as Gemma 2's 27B, but no source names the two 27B checkpoints as directly replacing one another, so the link is recorded as nearest-profile.
Google Gemma 3 model card (2026-09-19)Next generation in the directory
Google's Gemma 4 model card frames the new generation explicitly "Compared to Gemma 3," and the Gemma 4 launch post lists 31B Dense as the largest of Gemma 4's four sizes, the same flagship-dense role Gemma 3 27B held; no source pairs the two by exact size, so this is recorded as nearest-profile, not direct.
Google Gemma 4 model card (2026-09-19)| Type | Evidence and data date |
|---|---|
| Price | Base API prices without caching or batch discounts. Higher context tiers and other rates are listed under Costs. |
| Input | Documented modalities. Retrieved September 8, 2026. |
| Output | Documented modalities. Retrieved September 8, 2026. |
| Research status | Research date September 8, 2026. 3 source URLs checked. This documents the inspected sources, not an exhaustive inventory of every publication. |
| Not found in the inspected sources | active-parameters-billions Original wording Active parameter count is not separately published for this dense model. |
| Not found in the inspected sources | api-model-id Original wording Gemma is distributed as open weights; the card does not define a hosted Gemini API model ID. |
| Additional source | Model metadata · Gemma 3 27B instruction-tuned weights · Editorial description reviewed October 2, 2026 |
| Additional source | Artificial Analysis (retrieved September 8, 2026) |
| Additional source | Model metadata (retrieved September 8, 2026) |
| Additional source | OpenRouter: Popularity index (derived), CC BY 4.0 |
| Additional source | Vercel AI Gateway: Popularity index (derived), CC BY 4.0 |
| Additional source | Ollama: cumulative downloads for the popularity index |
| Additional source | Replicate: cumulative runs for the popularity index |
| Additional source | Google Trending Now: limited feed selection for Germany and the US |
| Additional source | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| Additional source | Google Gemma 4 model card (2026-09-19) |