Head to head
vs QW For light moderate heavy
Verdict · measured basis
Gemma 3 27B costs $0.0001 per solved task against
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct at $0.0002 — ▼ 1.3x cheaper .
Over 200 tasks that is $0.01 a month.
On output token price alone Qwen2.5 72B Instruct looks 1.1x cheaper. The ranking reverses once you divide by pass rate — the cheaper tokens do not win the task.
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Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Gemma 3 27B and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct Figure Gemma 3 27B Qwen2.5 72B Instruct Input $/Mtok $0.08 $0.36 Output $/Mtok $0.45 $0.4 Cached input $/Mtok $0.04 $0.36 Pass rate 72% 53% Cost per solved task $0.0001 measured $0.0002 measured Cost per month $0.02 $0.03
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Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Gemma 3 27B (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct (measured, $0.0002 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Gemma 3 27B · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 Gemma 3 27B MEASURED Qwen2.5 72B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0002 per solved task $0.03 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct MEASURED Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Gemma 3 27B (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct (measured, $0.0002 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Gemma 3 27B · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0002 per solved task $0.03 — Gemma 3 27B · MEASURED — Qwen2.5 72B Instruct · MEASURED Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings