Claude 3 Haiku vs Gemma 3 27B Comparison

Comparing Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 27B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Gemma 3 27B is better at 5 benchmarks (BIG-Bench Hard, GPQA, GSM8k, HumanEval, MATH).

Gemma 3 27B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Gemma 3 27B costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($0.25/1M tokens) is 2.5x more expensive than Gemma 3 27B ($0.10/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($1.25/1M tokens) is 6.3x more expensive than Gemma 3 27B ($0.20/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Haiku is more expensive than Gemma 3 27B.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3 Haiku

Input tokens$0.25

Output tokens$1.25

Best providerAnthropic

Gemma 3 27B

Input tokens$0.10

Output tokens$0.20

Best providerDeepinfra

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3 Haiku accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Gemma 3 27B's 131,072 tokens. Claude 3 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Gemma 3 27B is limited to 131,072 tokens.

Claude 3 Haiku

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

Gemma 3 27B

Input131,072 tokens

Output131,072 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 27B support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude 3 Haiku

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Gemma 3 27B

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Gemma 3 27B uses Gemma.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 3 27B

Gemma

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while Gemma 3 27B was released on 2025-03-12.

Gemma 3 27B is 12 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.0 years ago

Gemma 3 27B

Mar 12, 2025

1.0 years ago

12mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Haiku is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Gemma 3 27B is available from DeepInfra, Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.