Gemma 3n vs Llama 5
Benchmarks, API Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Comparison
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Compare Gemma 3n by Google against Llama 5 by Meta across real-world coding, reasoning, token economics, and latency.
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Gemma 3n
Abierto en dispositivocompacto en-device abierto modelo optimizado para phones, perimetral devices, y offline voz/visión asistentes.
$0.00 / 1M
$0.00 / 1M
32K tokens
N/A
Llama 5
Automejora recursivade Meta insignia abierto modelo con nativo agente training, recursive self-improvement, y 5M token contexto.
$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 32K tokens).
- Gemma 3n is faster at 150 tok/s vs 65 tok/s.
| Característica | Gemma 3n | Llama 5 |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Composite reasoning & knowledge score (0-100) | 52 | 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 | 32K tokens~48 A4 pages of text | 5M tokens~7,500 A4 pages of text |
Max Output Tokens Per single request | 4K | 128K |
Throughput Speed Tokens generated per second | 150 tok/s | 65 tok/s |
SWE-bench Verified Real-world software engineering | N/A | 74% |
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level reasoning | N/A | 84% |
¿Quién gana en cada área?
At-a-glance decision frameworkEvaluations ongoing
Puntuaciones de Benchmarks Verificadas
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Industry benchmark evaluating real-world GitHub issue resolution and multi-file debugging.
Challenging questions created by domain experts to test complex PhD-level reasoning.
Hardened reasoning and academic knowledge benchmark with reduced lucky-guess probability.
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 3n · Strengths & Key Advantages
- se ejecuta en moderno smartphones y Apple Silicon con minimal power
- Handles en vivo audio y visión inputs locally
- de pesos abiertos
Considerations & Trade-offs
- Smaller 32K contexto horizon
- menor razonamiento profundidad en nuanced programación
Llama 5 · Strengths & Key Advantages
- 5 millones token contexto con nativo multi-audio/video comprensión
- Bucle de entrenamiento de automejora recursiva
- Completely de pesos abiertos con empresarial comercial license
Considerations & Trade-offs
- complejo MoE servicio requirements
- Los cambios del tokenizador de 4B requieren actualizar entornos de ajuste heredados
Token Use & Task Economics
Estimated cost and token consumption to complete one representative agentic task.
| Metric | Gemma 3n | Llama 5 |
|---|---|---|
Cost per Task Estimated USD to finish one task | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Output Tokens / Task Tokens generated per task | 3K | 40K |
Reasoning Tokens / Task Thinking tokens burned per task | 0K | 20K |
Especificaciones Técnicas
Architecture, release timeline, capabilities, and modalities.
| Característica | Gemma 3n | Llama 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Official API Model ID (SDK) | models/gemma-3n | meta-llama/Llama-5 |
| API Protocol | Google Gemini API (generateContent) + OpenAI-Compatible SDK | OpenAI-Compatible REST / vLLM / SGLang / HuggingFace TGI |
| Release Date | 2025-06 | 2026-04 |
| Knowledge Cutoff | March 2025 | January 2026 |
| Architecture | Edge-optimized multimodal transformer with audio support | Mixture-of-Experts with recursive self-improvement (~600B total, 40-80B active) |
| Parameters | 2B / 5B | 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) · Audio (~25–32 tokens/sec) | 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, audio | text, vision, video, audio |
| Output Modalities | text | text |
Gemma 3n vs Llama 5: Respuestas Rápidas (FAQ)
Which is more intelligent, Gemma 3n or Llama 5?
Llama 5 is more intelligent. It scores 94 compared with 52 on the composite Intelligence Index.
Which model is faster?
Gemma 3n is faster, generating 150 tokens per second compared with 65 tokens per second.
Which model has lower latency?
Gemma 3n has lower latency, with a time to first token of 0.22s compared with 0.85s.
Which model has a larger context window?
Llama 5 has a larger context window, supporting 5M tokens compared with 32K tokens.
Veredicto
Choose Gemma 3n for embedded hardware, mobile perimetral inteligencia, y offline voz interfaces, or choose Llama 5 for autónomo de código abierto multi-agente systems, profundo software refactorización, y de frontera investigación.
Preguntas frecuentes
Which is cheaper: Gemma 3n or Llama 5?+
Gemma 3n 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 3n or Llama 5?+
Gemma 3n supports 32K tokens whereas Llama 5 supports 5M tokens.
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