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DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 vs Google: Gemma 3 27B ·DeepSeek vs Google

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 vs Google: Gemma 3 27B — head-to-head comparison

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 profile Google: Gemma 3 27B profile All comparisons
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 — DeepSeek
Quality
#43 of 65
62based on 4 of 7 evaluations
Known Good Index
Speed
#316 of 341
18.7
Output tokens per second
Price
#155 of 450
$0.46
Blended per 1M tokens
In $0.32 · Out $0.89
Cache hit price
#114 of 344
$0.050
per 1M tokens (−84%)
Context
#341 of 487
164k
tokens (~300 pages)
Google: Gemma 3 27B — Google
Quality
#49 of 65
47based on 4 of 7 evaluations
Known Good Index
Speed
#304 of 341
21.0
Output tokens per second
Price
#74 of 450
$0.17
Blended per 1M tokens
In $0.08 · Out $0.45
Cache hit price
#111 of 344
$0.040
per 1M tokens (−50%)
Context
#384 of 487
131k
tokens (~200 pages)
Summary

On the Known Good Index, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 scores 62 and Google: Gemma 3 27B scores 47 — a 15-point lead for DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3. They share 10 published evaluations, with DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 ahead on 9 and Google: Gemma 3 27B ahead on 1.

Blended pricing is $0.46 per 1M tokens for DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 and $0.17 for Google: Gemma 3 27B — Google: Gemma 3 27B is about 2.7× cheaper.

Throughput is 19 tokens per second for DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 and 21 for Google: Gemma 3 27B, with time to first token at 1.6s and 1.6s. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 accepts 164k tokens of context against 131k.

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 is open weights under Open weights (unrestricted); Google: Gemma 3 27B is open weights under Open weights (restricted use). 6 tracked hosts serve one or both, and 2 serve both.

Generated from tracked data on 9 Sep 2026 · how these comparisons are computed →

At a glance
MetricDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3Google: Gemma 3 27B
Known Good Index 62 based on 4 of 7 evaluations 47 based on 4 of 7 evaluations
Blended $/1M $0.46 $0.17
Output tok/s 19 21
Context window 164k 131k
Providers 3 5
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Quality

Known Good Index and the capability indices, side by side

Index scores

Each index is min-max normalised across tracked models and scaled 0–100 from published evaluations. We do not run these evaluations.

MetricDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3Google: Gemma 3 27B
Known Good Index 62 47
Mathematics Index 57 49
Reasoning Index 62 40
Openness Index 60 60
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Quality Breakdown

Every evaluation both models report a published score for

Evaluations both models report

Bar = DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 · marker = Google: Gemma 3 27B · scores ingested from Epoch AI (CC-BY 4.0), LiveBench (Apache-2.0)

GPQA Diamond71 / 48
Mock AIME 2024–2549 / 22
MATH Level 565 / 74
LiveBench60 / 50
LiveBench Coding62 / 40
LiveBench Data Analysis61 / 51
LiveBench Instruction Following75 / 75
LiveBench Language47 / 35
LiveBench Mathematics61 / 55
LiveBench Reasoning57 / 44

Right-hand figures read DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 / Google: Gemma 3 27B. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 leads on 9 of 10, Google: Gemma 3 27B on 1.

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Arena Elo

Human preference rating from blind pairwise votes

Arena ratings

Elo from blind pairwise votes, ingested from Arena. Higher is better.

MetricDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3Google: Gemma 3 27B
Text Arena 1,332 1,358
Text Arena (style controlled) 1,358 1,365
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Price & Cost

Published API pricing by token type

Published pricing

USD per 1M tokens. Blended is a 3:1 input:output mix. Live from OpenRouter, cross-checked against models.dev. Lower is better.

MetricDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3Google: Gemma 3 27B
Input $/1M $0.32 $0.08
Output $/1M $0.89 $0.45
Blended $/1M $0.46 $0.17
Cache read $/1M $0.050 $0.040
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We publish blended price rather than cost-per-task. Cost-per-task requires token counts from an evaluation suite we do not run. Blended price is computed from published rates and is fully reproducible — see the pricing methodology.

Context Window

Maximum input accepted and maximum output emitted

Context and output limits

Provider-declared limits, from metadata via models.dev and OpenRouter. Higher is better.

MetricDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3Google: Gemma 3 27B
Context window 164k 131k
Max output tokens 16k 118k
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Speed & Latency

Mean throughput and time to first token across hosting providers, over successful measurements from the last 48 hours

Throughput and latency

Means across all tracked providers over successful measurements from the last 48 hours, derived from OpenRouter endpoint telemetry.

MetricDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3Google: Gemma 3 27B
Output tokens/s 19 21
Time to first token 1.6s 1.6s
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Providers

Which hosts serve each model, and at what price and speed

6 hosts · 2 serve both
Full provider benchmarks →
Provider DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 blendedDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 tok/s Google: Gemma 3 27B blendedGoogle: Gemma 3 27B tok/s
StreamLake $0.45 24 — —
Novita $0.62 17 $0.14 14
DeepInfra $0.46 11 $0.10 14
Phala — — $0.23 51
Parasail — — $0.17 27
Nebius — — $0.15 18

Per-host pricing and telemetry from OpenRouter. A dash means that host does not serve that model.

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Sources for this page
Pricing & providers — OpenRouter Metadata — models.dev Benchmarks — Epoch AI (CC-BY 4.0)Benchmarks — LiveBench (Apache-2.0)Elo — Arena Full attribution →