Gemma 3 270M
Aug 2025
Gemma 3 270MCompare inon
Benchmarks of Gemma 3 270M13
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Overall1
Knowledge4
Science2
Coding1
Documents1
Legacy · saturated or no longer reported4
No benchmark matches
—per task?
self-host onlyprice
—output speed?
32Kcontext
Ranking?
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
BetterMinistral 3 3B 2512Open×9.4—$0.008Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 1.9 GB
OpenQwen3 4B 2507 (Reasoning)×35.4—$0.40 / $0.80Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 2 GB
BetterGPT OSS 20BhighOpen×38.3—$0.011Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 13 GBBetterMinistral 3 8B 2512Open×13.6—$0.011Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.5 GB
BetterNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BthinkingOpen×39—$0.017Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 19 GBModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Ministral 3 3B 2512Open×9.4—$0.008Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 1.9 GBGPT OSS 20BhighOpen×38.3—$0.011Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 13 GBMinistral 3 8B 2512Open×13.6—$0.011Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.5 GBNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BthinkingOpen×39—$0.017Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 19 GBMinistral 3 14B 2512non-thinkingOpen×12.9—$0.019Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 7 GBModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Qwen3 4B 2507 (Reasoning)Open×35.4—$0.40 / $0.80Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 2 GBTFalcon H1R 7BthinkingOpen×34.3——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 3.8 GBNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VLthinkingOpen×32.1—$0.20 / $0.60Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 6.6 GB
Olmo 3 7B ThinkOpen×30.3——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 3.6 GBNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2thinkingOpen×29.9—$0.04 / $0.16Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.4 GBModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Gemini 2.5 Prothinking×37.6—$0.31Gemini 2.5 Flashnon-thinking×25.9—$0.30 / $2.50Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (Sep '25)non-thinking×24.3——Gemini 3 Flash Previewnon-thinking×23.9—$0.50 / $3Gemini 2.5 Flash Litenon-thinking×15.1—$0.10 / $0.40Gemma 3n E4B Instructnon-thinkingOpen×6.1——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 3.9 GBGemma 3n E2B InstructOpen×4.4——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 2.7 GBGemini 4 Argonhighn/a—*$1.62Synchronous output stops at 65,536+2All Google models →Run it yourself
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Benchmarks
all categoriesChat & Knowledge
Humanity's Last Exam3.6#326
AA Omniscience Index-29.3#150
CritPt (physics)0#182
AA Intelligence Index 4.3.2≈5.1#322
AA Omniscience · Accuracy0.9#323
GPQA Diamond22.4#315
AIME 2025 · AA archived2.3#136
Coding
LiveCodeBench · AA archived0.3#153
Agents & Tool Use
τ²-bench · AA9.1#229
Writing & Language
IFBench (instructions)12.1#248
FAQ
How much does Gemma 3 270M cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Gemma 3 270M free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Gemma 3 270M, and what is it best at?›
#323 of 336 in Chat & Knowledge, #210 of 239 in Coding, #226 of 242 in Agents & Tool Use, #245 of 245 in Writing & Language.
Is Gemma 3 270M better than LFM2 1.2B?›
On AIME 2025 · AA archived, Gemma 3 270M scores 2.3 vs 3.3 — lower.
What is the context window of Gemma 3 270M?›
32K tokens.
When was Gemma 3 270M released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-08-14. It is the current version in its line.
Is Gemma 3 270M open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (gemma licence).
Can I run Gemma 3 270M locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
Can Gemma 3 270M read images?›
No, it accepts text only.
What is Gemma 3 270M?›
Gemma 3 270M is an open-weights language model from Google, released Aug 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Gemma 3 270M?›
Ministral 3 3B 2512 (better), Qwen3 4B 2507 (Reasoning) (open weights).