Gemma 2 27B

API ID: google/gemma-2-27b-it

Input Price
$0.65
/1M tokens
Output Price
$0.65
/1M tokens

About Gemma 2 27B

Gemma 2 27B is Google's largest open-weight model, delivering exceptional performance for an openly available AI system. With 27 billion parameters, it approaches the capability of much larger proprietary models while being freely available for commercial use and local deployment. The model excels at reasoning, coding, and general language tasks, achieving competitive scores on major benchmarks. Gemma 2 27B features efficient architecture optimizations that enable practical deployment on high-end consumer hardware or affordable cloud instances. It supports fine-tuning for domain-specific applications and can be customized without ongoing API costs. The model is particularly valuable for organizations with data privacy requirements, research institutions, and developers building differentiated AI products. Gemma 2 27B represents Google's commitment to open AI development, providing frontier-adjacent capabilities to the broader community. For applications requiring capable AI with full control over deployment and customization, Gemma 2 27B offers an excellent balance of performance and accessibility.

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Price Ranking
#867 lowest price among 1240 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
8k
Max Output
2k
Release Date
2024-07-13
Capabilities
chat
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Image understanding (needs vision capability)

๐Ÿ’ฐ Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.49
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$15.60
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each

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๐Ÿš€ Quick Start

Get started with Gemma 2 27B API

Google AI Python SDK
import google.generativeai as genai

genai.configure(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
model = genai.GenerativeModel("gemma-2-27b-it")

response = model.generate_content("Hello!")
print(response.text)