gemma-4-31B-it vs gemma-3-27b-it
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 31 July 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | gemma-4-31B-it | gemma-3-27b-it |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Open weights · also via API | Open weights · also via API |
| Parameters | 32.7 B | 27.4 B |
| Architecture | Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration | Gemma3ForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | 262,144 | 131,072 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | gemma |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 7,079,469 | 857,335 |
| Downloads all time | 73.4 M | 16.3 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-03-11 | 2025-03-01 |
| API input price / 1M tokens | $0.20 | $0.08 |
| API output price / 1M tokens | $0.40 | $0.45 |
| Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens | $0.60 | $0.53 |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | — | $0.04 |
| AA Intelligence Index | 4.4 | — |
| AA Coding Index | 43.4 | 10.1 |
| AA Agentic Index | 4.2 | 0.1 |
| Max output tokens | 16,384 | 117,964 |
| API providers | 16 | 4 |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | Yes | No |
API cost
Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter
gemma-4-31B-it
$0.60
gemma-3-27b-it
$0.53
gemma-3-27b-it is 1.1× cheaper at list price.
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
10.0 M857 K
gemma-4-31B-it
gemma-3-27b-it
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gemma-3-27b-it · fp16
65.0 GB / 24 GB
gemma-4-31B-it · fp16
74.2 GB / 24 GB