Gemma 3 27B IT vs GLM-5.3: API price and specs

Gemma 3 27B IT is 58% cheaper than GLM-5.3 on input price.

Gemma 3 27B IT is 75% cheaper than GLM-5.3 on output price.

Gemma 3 27B IT is 65% cheaper than GLM-5.3 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

GLM-5.3 has a 700% larger context than Gemma 3 27B IT.

Field	Gemma 3 27B IT	GLM-5.3
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.08	$0.19 +137.4%
Median input, per 1M	$0.10	$1.40 +1300%
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.16	$0.64 +300%
Median output, per 1M	$0.30	$4.40 +1368.6%
Lowest unit price	—	$0.033 / request
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.11	$0.32 +183.8%
Context	131K +87.5%	1M
Max output	131K +87.5%	1M
Providers	15 +77.3%	66
Regions	EU, GLOBAL, US	APAC, EU, FI, GLOBAL, US
Accepts	image, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, text	file, image, text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	yes
Cheapest provider	deepinfra	trustedrouter

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

aihubmix, aiml, amazon-bedrock, cortecs, deepinfra, edenai, fastrouter, huggingface, jiekou, kilo, nebius, novita, openrouter, requesty, trustedrouter

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 27B IT or GLM-5.3?

Gemma 3 27B IT is 58% cheaper than GLM-5.3 on input price. Gemma 3 27B IT is 75% cheaper than GLM-5.3 on output price. Gemma 3 27B IT is 65% cheaper than GLM-5.3 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Gemma 3 27B IT or GLM-5.3?

Gemma 3 27B IT: 131K tokens; GLM-5.3: 1M tokens.

Where can I use both Gemma 3 27B IT and GLM-5.3?

aihubmix, aiml, amazon-bedrock, cortecs, deepinfra, edenai, fastrouter, huggingface, jiekou, kilo, nebius, novita, openrouter, requesty, trustedrouter