Is Google Gemma 3 27B Instruct or Claude Sonnet 4.5 cheaper?

Google Gemma 3 27B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.20 vs $15.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Google Gemma 3 27B Instruct or Claude Sonnet 4.5?

Google Gemma 3 27B Instruct has the larger context window (203K tokens).

Google Gemma 3 27B Instruct vs Claude Sonnet 4.5

Google Gemma 3 27B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Google Gemma 3 27B Instruct offers a larger context window. Choose Google Gemma 3 27B Instruct or Claude Sonnet 4.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Google Gemma 3 27B Instruct	Claude Sonnet 4.5
Provider	Amazon Bedrock	Amazon Bedrock
Input / 1M tokens	$0.12	$3.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.20	$15.00
Context window	203K	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jul 2025	Sep 2025

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