Google Gemma 3 27B vs OpenAI GPT-4.1 Nano
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Gemma 3 27B is 1.2× cheaper at a typical mix of 3 input tokens per output token.
- GPT-4.1 Nano accepts longer prompts: 1M vs 131K tokens.
- Gemma 3 27B output costs $0.16 per 1M via DeepInfra, against the list price of $0.35.
- GPT-4.1 Nano is the newer model (released 2025-04-14).
| Gemma 3 27B | GPT-4.1 Nano | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | OpenAI | |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2025-04-14 |
| Input / 1M | $0.08 | $0.10 |
| Output / 1M | $0.35 | $0.40 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.04 | $0.03 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.147 | $0.175 |
| Context | 131K | 1M |
| Max output | 118K | 943K |
| Accepts | text, image | text, image, file |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 5 | 3 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $0.16 | $0.40 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 99.72% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | Operational |
Cost calculator
Gemma 3 27B
$10.05 per month$0.34 per day
GPT-4.1 Nano
$12.00 per month$0.40 per day
Gemma 3 27B saves $1.95 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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