Gemma 3 vs Llama 5
Benchmarks, API Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Comparison
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Compare Gemma 3 by Google against Llama 5 by Meta across real-world coding, reasoning, token economics, and latency.
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Gemma 3
IA Multimodal NativaGemma 3 de Google es un modelo de IA diseñado para comprensión multimodal nativa de texto e imagen y análisis visual de documentos, con ventana de contexto de 131K, velocidad de 105 tokens/s, índice de inteligencia de 68/100 y tarifa de acc
$0.00 / 1M
$0.00 / 1M
131.1K tokens
N/A
Llama 5
Modelo Base de Pesos AbiertosLlama 5 de Meta es un modelo de IA diseñado para autoalojamiento en servidores propios, ajuste fino (fine-tuning) y soberanía de datos, con ventana de contexto de 5M, velocidad de 65 tokens/s, índice de inteligencia de 94/100 y tarifa de ac
$0.00 / 1M
$0.00 / 1M
5M tokens
74%
Diferencias Clave de un Vistazo
- Both models cost the same under this workload — choose on capability, not price.
- Llama 5 has a larger context window (5M vs 131K tokens).
- Gemma 3 is faster at 105 tok/s vs 65 tok/s.
| Característica | Gemma 3 | Llama 5 |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Composite reasoning & knowledge score (0-100) | 68 | 94 |
Provider | Meta | |
Input Price Cost per million input tokens | $0.00 / 1M | $0.00 / 1M |
Output Price Cost per million output tokens | $0.00 / 1M | $0.00 / 1M |
Blended Price Weighted 7:2:1 cache:input:output per 1M | $0.00 / 1M | $0.00 / 1M |
Context Window Maximum input + output tokens | 131.1K tokens~197 A4 pages of text | 5M tokens~7,500 A4 pages of text |
Max Output Tokens Per single request | 16K | 128K |
Throughput Speed Tokens generated per second | 105 tok/s | 65 tok/s |
SWE-bench Verified Real-world software engineering | N/A | 74% |
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level reasoning | 61% | 84% |
¿Quién gana en cada área?
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Puntuaciones de Benchmarks Verificadas
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Crowdsourced human preference evaluation based on blind, head-to-head model battles.
Contamination-free competitive programming problems collected continuously over time.
American Invitational Mathematics Examination — multi-step Olympiad-level reasoning.
Tokens emitted per second during active generation streaming.
Latencia y Tiempo de Respuesta
Time to first token (TTFT) and estimated end-to-end response time for a typical 500-token response.
Simulador Interactivo de Costos de Tokens
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Gemma 3 · Strengths & Key Advantages
- Ventana de contexto de 131K con hasta 16K tokens de salida máxima (GPQA Diamond 61% · MMLU-Pro 78%)
- Rendimiento ágil de 105 tokens/segundo con latencia inicial (TTFT) de solo 320 ms
- Pesos abiertos (1B / 4B / 12B / 27B) listos para autoalojamiento local o en nube privada mediante vLLM y Ollama
Considerations & Trade-offs
- Requiere infraestructura GPU dedicada con suficiente memoria VRAM para inferencia local sin cuantización
- En demostraciones científicas extremas, los modelos de razonamiento pesado de gama alta ofrecen mayor profundidad
Llama 5 · Strengths & Key Advantages
- Ventana de contexto de 5M con hasta 128K tokens de salida máxima (SWE-bench Verified 74% · GPQA Diamond 84%)
- Rendimiento ágil de 65 tokens/segundo con latencia inicial (TTFT) de solo 850 ms
- Pesos abiertos (600B+ total (~40-80B )) listos para autoalojamiento local o en nube privada mediante vLLM y Ollama
Considerations & Trade-offs
- Requiere infraestructura GPU dedicada con suficiente memoria VRAM para inferencia local sin cuantización
- En demostraciones científicas extremas, los modelos de razonamiento pesado de gama alta ofrecen mayor profundidad
Token Use & Task Economics
Estimated cost and token consumption to complete one representative agentic task.
| Metric | Gemma 3 | Llama 5 |
|---|---|---|
Cost per Task Estimated USD to finish one task | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Output Tokens / Task Tokens generated per task | 5K | 40K |
Reasoning Tokens / Task Thinking tokens burned per task | 0K | 20K |
Especificaciones Técnicas
Architecture, release timeline, capabilities, and modalities.
| Característica | Gemma 3 | Llama 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Official API Model ID (SDK) | models/gemma-3 | meta-llama/Llama-5 |
| API Protocol | Google Gemini API (generateContent) + OpenAI-Compatible SDK | OpenAI-Compatible REST / vLLM / SGLang / HuggingFace TGI |
| Release Date | 2025-03 | 2026-04 |
| Knowledge Cutoff | December 2024 | January 2026 |
| Architecture | Native multimodal open transformer with expanded context | Mixture-of-Experts with recursive self-improvement (~600B total, 40-80B active) |
| Parameters | 1B / 4B / 12B / 27B | 600B+ total (~40-80B active) |
| Enterprise Rate Limits (RPM / TPM) | Unlimited (Hardware-bound on self-hosted GPU) / 10,000 RPM Cloud · Unlimited local throughput / 10M+ TPM Managed Cloud | Unlimited (Hardware-bound on self-hosted GPU) / 10,000 RPM Cloud · Unlimited local throughput / 10M+ TPM Managed Cloud |
| Long-Context Tier (>128K/200K) | Free across full context window (only KV-cache VRAM scales) | Free across full context window (only KV-cache VRAM scales) |
| Prompt Cache Policy & TTL | Automatic prefix KV-caching in vLLM / SGLang (0 cost) | Automatic prefix KV-caching in vLLM / SGLang (0 cost) |
| Computer Use / GUI Agent | Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops) | Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops) |
| MCP & Parallel Tool Calling | Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema | Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema |
| Web Search Grounding & Sandbox | Built-in Google Search Grounding + Managed Python Code Execution Sandbox | Supported via external Tavily/Exa Search & E2B/Docker Sandbox tools |
| Official Fine-Tuning Support | Full Weights SFT, LoRA, QLoRA, DPO & GRPO RL (Unsloth / Axolotl / Llama-Factory) | Full Weights SFT, LoRA, QLoRA, DPO & GRPO RL (Unsloth / Axolotl / Llama-Factory) |
| Multimodal Token Billing | Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile) | Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile) · Audio (~25–32 tokens/sec) · Video (~258–300 tokens/sec) |
| Quantization & Min GPU VRAM | BF16 / FP16, FP8 Dynamic, INT4 AWQ / GPTQ, GGUF (Q4_K_M / Q8_0) · 2 GB VRAM (4-bit Quantized) · 4 GB VRAM (Native BF16) | BF16 / FP16, FP8 Dynamic, INT4 AWQ / GPTQ, GGUF (Q4_K_M / Q8_0) · 372 GB VRAM (4-bit Quantized) · 1290 GB VRAM (Native BF16) |
| Safety & Frontier Classification | Google DeepMind Frontier Safety Framework Verified | Open-Weights System Card + Customizable Guardrail Layer (Llama Guard / ShieldGemma) |
| Enterprise Compliance (ZDR/HIPAA/SOC2) | 100% Air-Gapped On-Premises / Private VPC · Full HIPAA, GDPR & SOC2 Control | 100% Air-Gapped On-Premises / Private VPC · Full HIPAA, GDPR & SOC2 Control |
| Input Modalities | text, vision | text, vision, video, audio |
| Output Modalities | text | text |
Gemma 3 vs Llama 5: Respuestas Rápidas (FAQ)
Which is more intelligent, Gemma 3 or Llama 5?
Llama 5 is more intelligent. It scores 94 compared with 68 on the composite Intelligence Index.
Which model is faster?
Gemma 3 is faster, generating 105 tokens per second compared with 65 tokens per second.
Which model has lower latency?
Gemma 3 has lower latency, with a time to first token of 0.32s compared with 0.85s.
Which model has a larger context window?
Llama 5 has a larger context window, supporting 5M tokens compared with 131.1K tokens.
Veredicto
Choose Gemma 3 for ideal para comprensión multimodal nativa de texto e imagen y análisis visual de documentos, sistemas rag empresariales y automatización mediante api., or choose Llama 5 for ideal para autoalojamiento en servidores propios, ajuste fino (fine-tuning) y soberanía de datos, sistemas rag empresariales y automatización mediante api..
Preguntas frecuentes
Which is cheaper: Gemma 3 or Llama 5?+
Gemma 3 costs $0/1M input and $0/1M output tokens, while Llama 5 costs $0/1M input and $0/1M output tokens.
Which model has a larger context window: Gemma 3 or Llama 5?+
Gemma 3 supports 131K tokens whereas Llama 5 supports 5M tokens.
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