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Claude Instant vs Gemma 3 27B (free)
This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.
Context window · side by side
Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.
Gemma 3 27B (free) has about 1.3× the context window of the other in this pair.
Gemma 3 27B (free) has 31% more context capacity (131K vs 100K tokens).
Quick verdicts
Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.
Long document processing
Use Gemma 3 27B (free). Its 131K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 100K).
Long output (reports, code files)
Use Gemma 3 27B (free). Its 8K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.
Full specs
Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.
| Spec | Claude Instant | Gemma 3 27B (free) |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 100,000 tokens (100K) | 131,072 tokens (131K) |
| Max output tokens | 8,191 tokens (8K) | 8,192 tokens (8K) |
| Speed tier | Balanced | Fast |
| Vision | No | Yes |
| Function calling | No | No |
| Extended thinking | No | No |
| Prompt caching | No | No |
| Batch API | Yes | No |
| Release date | N/A | Mar 2025 |
Pricing matrix
Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.
| Provider | Claude Instant in | Claude Instant out | Gemma 3 27B (free) in | Gemma 3 27B (free) out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aws Bedrock | $0.800/M | $2.40/M | — | — |
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