How does Gemma 2 27B rank among AI models?
Gemma 2 27B is a superseded version and is not on the current board as of 6 November 2026. Its archive position, where one exists, is shown on the page; the newer version carries the current rank.
Google·#388 of 504 in the all-versions archive
Gemma 2 27B is a language model from Google. It ranks #388 of 504 in ModelCap's all-versions archive, with an Index score of 24.4, measured on 2 public benchmarks. Its score range of 19.4–29.4 spans positions #363–#418. It is listed at $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens from one provider. It reads up to 8K tokens of context, and its weights are downloadable after an access request.
Figures as of 6 Nov 2026, 13:52 UTC · download the public dataset · methodology
ModelCap Index · All-versions archive
24.4#388
Measured on 2 public benchmarks · range 19.4–29.4
Evidence as of 28 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Superseded by Gemma 3 27B. It no longer holds a current-board position; its all-versions archive rank is #388.
Input
$0.65
per 1M tokens
Output
$0.65
per 1M tokens
Context
8K
tokens
Providers
1
endpoint
Providers
Uptime measured over the last 30 minutesReported evaluation leads (2)
Not independent measurementStructured rows reported in this exact model repository at the pinned revision below. They are the publisher talking about itself: never measured evidence, never a score input on their own. They remain quarantined until dataset revision, harness, configuration and identity pass ModelCap’s independent admission review.
Other versions (2)
ModelCap Index · All-versions archive
Methodology24.4
Measured on 2 public benchmarks
All-versions archive
#388 of 504
- Score range
- 19.4–29.4
- Rank range
- #363–#418
- Evidence as of
- 28 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
- Benchmarks used
- Arena Coding, Arena Overall
Technical details
- Public rank basis
- Measured (measured)
- Evidence label
- Measured · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards
- Index support
- 62.8% · strong
- Identity binding
- Exact catalogue product · google/google/gemma-2-27b-it · aggregates disclosed benchmark configurations · endpoint configuration not claimed · artifact metadata google/gemma-2-27b-it@aaf20e6b9f4c0fcf043f6fb2a2068419086d77b0 (not the evaluation revision)
- Index observations used
- 2
- Qualified Index evidence point
- 24.4
Bayesian Evidence Score · measured evidence input only
BES normalizes admitted public benchmark evidence for measured Index rows. Its legacy score and observables prior do not define the public language rank.
- Observed capability
- 24.4
- Evidence status
- confirmed · 77% mass
- General preference
- 24.7
- Coding
- 22.2
- Agents & tools
- —
- Reasoning
- —
- Evidence breadth
- 92%
- Evidence coverage
- 63%
Market and catalogue signals · secondary, never the language Index rank
- Usage (OpenRouter popularity)
- 3.3
- Liquidity (providers × uptime)
- 95.8
- Open reach (HF downloads)
- —
- Surface (context / tools / modalities)
- 5.0
- Freshness
- 4.0
- · OpenRouter popularity #280
- · 1 live provider
- · Catalogue: context 8192
- · First seen 2024-07-13
These adoption and deployment observations remain context only. They do not change this model's ModelCap Index score or rank.
BES evidence selected · measured input only
- Arena Overall24.7
- Arena Coding22.2
The bounded 0–100 capability score blends each source’s competitive placement with its published achievement, then combines capability families. Evidence breadth adds a modest uncertainty adjustment; price and popularity are not part of benchmark-led rank.
Deployment readiness
Metadata index76.6
strong · 93% metadata coverage
- Artifact reproducibility
- 100.0
- Access & legal clarity
- 68.3
- Deployability
- 74.0
- Evaluation provenance
- 53.8
Not yet published: a link to the licence terms, pinned evaluation dataset versions.
A metadata completeness and deployability index—not a safety certification, quality grade, or production-readiness claim.
Market activity
Venue coverage- Market Gravity
- 33.4
- OpenRouter weekly popularity
- #280 of 339
Market Gravity uses OpenRouter’s full-catalogue popularity order. Sparse Vercel top-ten observations appear only when published and do not affect the score.
Arena preference
- Status
- Ranked
- Source
- LMArena
- Official rank
- #296 of 419
- Rating
- 1289.5
- 95% confidence interval
- 1286–1293
- Votes
- 76K
- Source published at
- 28 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
- Category
- overall
- Identity match confidence
- 99%
Market Gravity breakdown
- Usage55%
- 3.3
- Liquidity25%
- 95.8
- Open reach15%
- 50.0
- Freshness5%
- 4.0
OpenRouter weekly popularity across the full model catalogue.
Independent providers versus the model's open or closed cohort, weighted by uptime.
Hugging Face 30-day downloads for open models; neutral for closed models.
Time since first public availability, on a six-month half-life.
Specification
- Model ID
google/gemma-2-27b-it- Context window
- 8K tokens
- Declared output cap
- 2K tokens
OpenRouter catalogue or provider-endpoint declaration. Limits can vary by provider and prompt length; a model-wide maximum has not been independently verified. OpenRouter metadata
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Tokenizer
- Gemini
- Cached input tokens
- Not offered
- First seen on OpenRouter
- 13 Jul 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2024-06-30
Capabilities
- Not supported: Reasoning
- Not supported: Tool use
- Supported: Structured output
- Supported: Response format
- Not supported: Moderated
Weights & access
Gated access. The weights are hosted behind an access request or acceptance step. Review the publisher's access requirements and license before use or redistribution.
- Access
- Gated access
- Licence
- gemma
- Pinned revision
- aaf20e6b9f4c
- Parameters
- 27.2B
- Architecture
- Gemma2ForCausalLM
- Model type
- gemma2
- Hugging Face downloads (30d)
- 20K
- Downloads (all time)
- 5.4M
- Likes
- 577
- Repository
- google/gemma-2-27b-it
- Repository updated
- 27 Aug 2024, 19:41 UTC
- Base lineage
- google/gemma-2-27b
Benchmark leaderboards featuring Gemma 2 27B
All leaderboardsGemma 2 27B: common questions
How much does Gemma 2 27B cost per 1M tokens?
Gemma 2 27B is listed at $0.65 per 1M input tokens and $0.65 per 1M output tokens as of 6 November 2026. Prices come from the OpenRouter catalogue and re-observe on every refresh. For 1,000 requests using 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, the listed rates imply $1.63 total (2M input + 0.5M output). This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the chosen endpoint's rate and limits before budgeting.
What is the context window of Gemma 2 27B?
Gemma 2 27B has a published context window of 8K tokens (8,192). The snapshot lists a 2,048 token catalogue-declared route output cap. OpenRouter catalogue or provider-endpoint declaration. Limits can vary by provider and prompt length; a model-wide maximum has not been independently verified. The providers table lists each endpoint's context limit.
Is Gemma 2 27B open-weight?
Gated access (gemma). The weights are hosted behind an access request or acceptance step. Review the publisher's access requirements and license before use or redistribution. The repository is google/gemma-2-27b-it on Hugging Face.
Which API providers serve Gemma 2 27B?
One provider serves Gemma 2 27B through OpenRouter as of 6 November 2026: NextBit. Each provider's price, context limit, quantization and measured uptime are in the providers table above.
Which benchmarks has Gemma 2 27B been evaluated on?
Gemma 2 27B has published results on 2 public boards tracked by ModelCap as of 6 November 2026: Arena text 1289 (#296 of 419) and Arena coding 1304 (#312 of 414). Each board page ranks every tracked model on that benchmark. The ModelCap Index scores the results its methodology admits, with published uncertainty, and shows reference boards without scoring them.
When was Gemma 2 27B released?
Gemma 2 27B first appeared in the catalogue on 13 Jul 2024, with a published knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-30. It has since been superseded by Gemma 3 27B. Rank and price movements since then are recorded on the site's changes feed.