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Gemma 2 27B IT vs Llama 3 Instruct 8B

Google · released

Meta · released

Scores updated · 16 tests both models report · How we compare

What it costs

Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.

Gemma 2 27B IT$0.65 to read · $0.65 to write$1.30Price from google
Llama 3 Instruct 8B$0.04 to read · $0.14 to write$0.19Price from Artificial Analysis

Llama 3 Instruct 8B costs 85% less for the same work.

Every test, side by side

All 16 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

Other results16 tests

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper?

Gemma 2 27B IT costs $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens; Llama 3 Instruct 8B costs $0.04 and $0.14. That makes Llama 3 Instruct 8B about 85% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 16 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. None of them is in the eight capability areas we count, so this page lists them without a verdict. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.