Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Gemma 3 27B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, at $0.49 per million tokens against $0.69 for Gemma 3 27B, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: $0.49 at Poe. Gemma 3 27B: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.69 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 11 providers sell both: Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, TrustedRouter, Inference.net, Jiekou, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.

Which holds more context?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, at 1M tokens against 131k.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Gemma 3 27B.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite takes 3 of 5 rounds against Gemma 3 27B. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.49 per million tokens against $0.69.

Googlewins 3 rounds

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

$0.49/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Poe · $0.0588 per 1,000 pages

1M context · tool calling · reads images

Poe ↗

Google

Gemma 3 27B

$0.69/M tokens

OpenRouter list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.075 per 1,000 pages

131k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights

List price in (lower wins)

$0.10/M

$0.08/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.40/M

$0.45/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$0.49/M at Poe

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.70/M

$0.69/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.0588

$0.075

Context

1M tokens

131k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

17 Jun 2025

12 Mar 2025

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

OpenRouter

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 11

Eden AI$0.70 / $0.40
Kilo Gateway$0.70 / $0.40
Nous Portal$0.70 / $0.40
TrustedRouter$0.74 / $0.42
Inference.net$0.70 / $0.52
Jiekou$0.67 / $0.56
Requesty$0.70 / $0.60
Merge Gateway$0.70 / $0.69

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite then Gemma 3 27B, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 11

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What moved in the last seven days

Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteNous Portal$0.08 / $0.32 $0.10 / $0.4025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Gemini 2.5 Flash-LitePoe$0.10 / $0.40 $0.07 / $0.2831% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Gemma 3 27BNous Portal$0.06 / $0.13 $0.08 / $0.1625% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Gemma 3 27B?: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, at $0.49 per million tokens against $0.69 for Gemma 3 27B, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: $0.49 at Poe. Gemma 3 27B: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.69 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 11 providers sell both: Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, TrustedRouter, Inference.net, Jiekou, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
Which holds more context?: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, at 1M tokens against 131k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.