Is Gemma 3 27B IT or Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct cheaper?

Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.06 vs $0.16 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Gemma 3 27B IT or Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct?

Both models offer a similar context window.

Gemma 3 27B IT vs Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct

Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens. Choose Gemma 3 27B IT or Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Gemma 3 27B IT	Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
Provider	Hugging Face	Hugging Face
Input / 1M tokens	$0.08	$0.06
Output / 1M tokens	$0.16	$0.06
Context window	131K	131K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Mar 2025	Jul 2024

Gemma 3 27B IT details →Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct details →

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Pricing is indicative — confirm with the provider before production use. Highlighted values indicate the better figure for that row.