Model Comparison

Gemma 3 27B vs QvQ-72B-Preview

Comparing Gemma 3 27B and QvQ-72B-Preview across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Gemma 3 27B and QvQ-72B-Preview don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemma 3 27B
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.20
Best providerDeepinfra
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

46.4B diff

QvQ-72B-Preview has 46.4B more parameters than Gemma 3 27B, making it 171.9% larger.

Google
Gemma 3 27B
27.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview
73.4Bparameters
27.0B
Gemma 3 27B
73.4B
QvQ-72B-Preview

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemma 3 27B specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Gemma 3 27B specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Google
Gemma 3 27B
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Gemma 3 27B and QvQ-72B-Preview support multimodal inputs.

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

Gemma 3 27B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

QvQ-72B-Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 3 27B is licensed under Gemma, while QvQ-72B-Preview uses Qwen.

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

Gemma 3 27B

Gemma

Open weights

QvQ-72B-Preview

Qwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 3 27B was released on 2025-03-12, while QvQ-72B-Preview was released on 2024-12-25.

Gemma 3 27B is 3 months newer than QvQ-72B-Preview.

Gemma 3 27B

Mar 12, 2025

1.1 years ago

2mo newer
QvQ-72B-Preview

Dec 25, 2024

1.4 years ago

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

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Google
Larger context window (131,072 tokens)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

QvQ-72B-Preview

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Google
Gemma 3 27B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview

FAQ

Common questions about Gemma 3 27B vs QvQ-72B-Preview

Gemma 3 27B (Google) and QvQ-72B-Preview (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
Gemma 3 27B scores GSM8k: 95.9%, IFEval: 90.4%, MATH: 89.0%, HumanEval: 87.8%, BIG-Bench Hard: 87.6%. QvQ-72B-Preview scores MathVista: 71.4%, MMMU: 70.3%, MathVision: 35.9%, OlympiadBench: 20.4%.
Gemma 3 27B supports 131K tokens and QvQ-72B-Preview supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include licensing (Gemma vs Qwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemma 3 27B is developed by Google and QvQ-72B-Preview is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.