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Gemma 3 27B IT vs GPT OSS 120B

GPT OSS 120B grades higher overall (46.1 against 43.2). GPT OSS 120B costs 30% less for the same work, and both read a 128K-token context.

Gemma 3 27B IT

by Google · #55 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.080
Output / 1M
$0.16

GPT OSS 120B

by OpenAI · #53 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.037
Output / 1M
$0.17

Better overall

GPT OSS 120B

Grade 43.2 vs 46.1

Cheaper

GPT OSS 120B

30% less, $0.070 vs $0.10 blended

Larger context

Same

128K vs 128K tokens

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 28, 2026
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 28, 2026
Aider Polyglot% of exercises solved · Aider (aider.chat) · Aug 6, 2025
Gemma 3 27B ITGemma 3 27B IT: 4.9%
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Aug 5, 2025 · reference
Gemma 3 27B ITGemma 3 27B IT: —
LiveCodeBenchpass@1, % · LiveCodeBench · Mar 11, 2026 · reference
GPT OSS 120BGPT OSS 120B: —

Gemma 3 27B ITGPT OSS 120Bv = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

Gemma 3 27B IT$22.40 /month
GPT OSS 120B$14.20 /month

GPT OSS 120B saves you $8.20 a month at this usage, $98.40 a year.

At a glance

AttributeGemma 3 27B ITGPT OSS 120B
Made byGoogleOpenAI
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeGood · 43.2Good · 46.1
Overall rank#55 of 67#53 of 67
Input price$0.080 per 1M$0.037 per 1M
Output price$0.16 per 1M$0.17 per 1M
Context window131,072 tokens131,072 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoYes
Reads imagesYesNo
Model IDgemma-3-27b-itgpt-oss-120b

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "gemma-3-27b-it", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "gpt-oss-120b", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Gemma 3 27B IT or GPT OSS 120B better?

GPT OSS 120B grades 46.1 against 43.2 for Gemma 3 27B IT, from public benchmarks.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 27B IT or GPT OSS 120B?

GPT OSS 120B: $0.037 in and $0.17 out per million tokens, against $0.080 and $0.16 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Neither: both take 131,072 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), Aider (aider.chat), SWE-bench, LiveCodeBench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.