Gemma 3 (27B) API

google/gemma-3-27b-it
Gemma 3 achieves strong performance across multimodal understanding, generation, translation, and complex reasoning.
Context
128K tokens
Input
$0.20631 / 1M tokens
Output
$0.632684 / 1M tokens
Released
Sep 9, 2025

Overview

Gemma 3 (27B) Description

Gemma 3 (27B) is an advanced multimodal AI model integrating both text and vision processing capabilities. With a 96,000-token context window, it excels at handling large volumes of information and supports function calling for complex, multi-step tasks. Engineered for broad deployment, Gemma 3 balances powerful performance with efficiency, running effectively on devices from mobile phones to high-end workstations.

Technical Specifications

  • Context Window: 96K tokens
  • Multimodal Inputs: Text and visual data processing
  • Language Support: Over 140 languages
  • Deployment: Optimized for single-GPU systems and hardware-constrained environments
Key Features
  • Multimodal Understanding: Combines text and images to generate coherent and contextually relevant outputs.
  • Extensive Context Handling: Processes up to 96K tokens to maintain deep content coherence.
  • Multilingual Proficiency: Supports communication and translation across more than 140 languages.
  • Efficient Deployment: Designed to perform well even on limited hardware, including mobile devices and single-GPU setups. ​

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Usage


Ethical Guidelines

Google underscores responsible AI development by promoting transparency around Gemma 3’s functions and limitations. The company advocates for ethical usage to minimize risks of misuse or generating harmful content.

Licensing

Gemma 3 is distributed under the Gemma Terms of Use, providing a commercially-friendly license that permits both research and commercial applications, contingent on adherence to established ethical standards.

Uptime and performance

  • Uptime (24h): 100%
  • Uptime (7d): 100%
  • Availability (24h): 100%
  • Error rate (24h): 0%
  • End-to-end latency (24h median): 10.0s
  • Throughput (24h median): 32.4 tok/s

Measured on the AI/ML API gateway across live traffic. Figures are medians unless stated. Last updated 2026-10-12.

Use cases

  • AI assistants with image and text modalities
  • Multilingual content generation, summarization, and translation
  • Visual data analysis including captioning and Q&A
  • Research and academic tasks requiring extended context understanding
  • Code generation and technical assistance

How to use Gemma 3 (27B) API

Install any OpenAI-compatible SDK, point it at api.aimlapi.com/v1, and set the model to google/gemma-3-27b-it.
import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY},
    json={
      "model": "google/gemma-3-27b-it",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "Hello!"
        }
      ]
    },
)
print(r.json())
const r = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "google/gemma-3-27b-it",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello!"
      }
    ]
  }),
});
console.log(await r.json());
curl -X POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"google/gemma-3-27b-it","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'

OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.

Gemma 3 (27B) API Pricing

TypePrice
Input
$0.20631 / 1M tokens
Output
$0.632684 / 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.103155 / 1M tokens

Gemma 3 (27B) Benchmarks

BenchmarkScoreWhat it measuresSourceRetrieved
Intelligence
4.9
Composite score across standardised reasoning, knowledge and problem-solving evaluations, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceSeptember 22, 2026
Coding
10.1
Composite score across standardised coding evaluations, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceSeptember 22, 2026
Math
20.7
Composite score across standardised mathematics evaluations, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceSeptember 22, 2026

Gemma 3 (27B) vs other models

ModelInputOutputContextBest for
Gemma 3 (27B)
This page
$0.20631 / 1M tokens
$0.632684 / 1M tokens
128K tokens
Chat + assistants
$6.5 / 1M tokens
$39 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Reasoning + agents
$2.6 / 1M tokens
$13 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Balanced coding + agents
$3.9 / 1M tokens
$19.5 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Long-context, multimodal & agentic workflows
$1.95 / 1M tokens
$11.7 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Reasoning + agents

Frequently asked questions

Gemma 3 (27B) has a 128,000 tokens context window and can return up to 131,072 tokens.

Gemma 3 (27B) takes image, text as input and returns text.

Use google/gemma-3-27b-it as the model id. Requests go to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions.

Gemma 3 (27B) became available on September 9, 2025.

Gemma 3 (27B) is priced at input $0.20631 / 1M tokens, output $0.632684 / 1M tokens, cached input $0.103155 / 1M tokens.

Yes, Gemma 3 (27B) can stream responses as they are generated.

Yes, Gemma 3 (27B) accepts image input alongside text.

Gemma 3 (27B) was built by Google.

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