Google: Gemma 2 27B
google/gemma-2-27b-it
Our take
AI-assisted analysis based on the sources below. Suitability is an editorial assessment; test it on your own workload.
OpenRouter’s catalog lists google/gemma-2-27b-it as a Google text-to-text model with an 8,192-token context window and a knowledge cutoff of June 30, 2024. The catalog describes Gemma 2 27B as an open model based on research and technology associated with Gemini and suitable for varied text tasks. These are source-reported capabilities, not measured results. The listing exposes common generation controls plus response-formatting and structured-output parameters. No independent model card or benchmark evidence was included in this source pack, so practical quality and fit require workload-specific validation.[1]
Strengths
- OpenRouter reports an 8,192-token context window and a text-to-text interface.[1]
- The catalog exposes response_format and structured_outputs alongside controls such as temperature, top_p, penalties, seed, stop, and max_tokens.[1]
- The catalog describes it as an open model related to Gemini research and technology and suited to varied text tasks; this remains a source-reported claim.[1]
Limitations
- Only OpenRouter catalog evidence was supplied; an independent model card was not available in this source pack.[1]
- The catalog lists text as the only input and output modality, so this evidence does not support image, audio, or other multimodal use.[1]
- No measured benchmark or reasoning-performance data was supplied, and the 8,192-token window may be restrictive for long-document workloads.[1]
Where to use it
- Consider for text-only drafting, chat, summarization, or extraction when the cataloged context window fits the workload.[1]
- Consider when provider-supported response formatting or structured outputs are useful; confirm behavior on the selected endpoint.[1]
- Consider for teams evaluating a catalog-described open model for general text generation, with representative-task validation before adoption.[1]
Sources
- [1] OpenRouter catalog · Google: Gemma 2 27BSources checked: Nov 13, 2026
About this model
Description below is the original text supplied by OpenRouter, shown in the source language.
Gemma 2 27B by Google is an open model built from the same research and technology used to create the [Gemini models](/models?q=gemini). Gemma models are well-suited for a variety of...
Specifications
- Model ID
- google/gemma-2-27b-it
- Creator
- Added to OpenRouter
- 13.07.2024
- Context length
- 8,192
- Modality
- text->text
- Input modalities
- text
- Output modalities
- text
- Token pricing
- USD per 1M tokens: in $0.650 / out $0.650
- Knowledge cutoff
- 30.06.2024
- Expiration date
- —
Tasks and capabilities
A grade appears only where the source supplies a matching measurement for that task, the model is active and the cohort holds at least 10 comparable models. The capability column lists facts the source declares — supported formats, reasoning and tool parameters — which are not measured quality.
| Task | Grade | Source-declared capability |
|---|---|---|
| General quality | No measurement | — |
| Coding | No measurement | — |
| Agents | No measurement | parameters: structured_outputs |
| Writing | No measurement | output: text |
| Reasoning | No measurement | — |
| Document analysis | No measurement | — |
| Vision | No measurement | — |
| Image generation | No measurement | — |
| Audio | No measurement | — |
| Video | No measurement | — |
| Embeddings | No measurement | — |
Evaluations
No evaluations are supplied for this model.
How grades work
Each letter grade compares a model only against other models scored by the same source and metric in the current snapshot. S means the top 10%, A the next 20%, B the next 30%, C the rest. Models without a published measurement are shown as not rated — a supported format alone never implies measured quality.
- S — S — top 10% of the cohort
- A — A — next 20% of the cohort
- B — B — next 30% of the cohort
- C — C — below the B band
Providers
Optional live provider statistics from OpenRouter. Missing values are unknown, not zero.
| Provider | Context length | Price in /1M | Price out /1M | Latency p50 (30m, s) | Throughput p50 (30m, tok/s) | Uptime (30m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NextBitint4 | 8,192 | $0.650 | $0.650 | — | — | 100% |
Provider data retrieved: 13.11.2026
Related articles
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