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Deepseek Coder 33B Instruct vs Gemma-2 Instruct (27B)

On provider list prices, Deepseek Coder 33B Instruct costs $0.80 per million input tokens against $0.80 for Gemma-2 Instruct (27B): effectively level. Output is $0.80 against $0.80. On Allocate both bill at list plus the 7% transaction fee.

Deepseek Coder 33B Instruct Gemma-2 Instruct (27B)
LabDeepseekGoogle
AccessOpen weightsOpen weights
Context window16K tokens8K tokens
List price, input$0.8 / M tokens$0.8 / M tokens
List price, output$0.8 / M tokens$0.8 / M tokens
Cached inputn/an/a
LicenseCustom licenseGemma terms
Fine-tunableYesYes

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-08. Billed price is list plus the 7% transaction fee.

What the numbers say

Take 1,000,000 requests a month at 1,200 input and 350 output tokens each. That workload costs $1,240 a month on Deepseek Coder 33B Instruct and $1,240 on Gemma-2 Instruct (27B) at list: a gap of $0.

Deepseek Coder 33B Instruct reads 16K tokens per request against 8K for Gemma-2 Instruct (27B), 2.0x the window. That decides which one can take whole documents without splitting them.

Deepseek Coder 33B Instruct$0.80$0.80
Gemma-2 Instruct (27B)$0.80$0.80
InputOutput

Choose Deepseek Coder 33B Instruct for

  • The longer context window (16K vs 8K tokens)
Deepseek Coder 33B Instruct details

Choose Gemma-2 Instruct (27B) for

  • Training toward a model you own
Gemma-2 Instruct (27B) details

Common questions

Which is cheaper, Deepseek Coder 33B Instruct or Gemma-2 Instruct (27B)?

Deepseek Coder 33B Instruct, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $0.80/$0.80 per million tokens in and out against $0.80/$0.80 for Gemma-2 Instruct (27B). Billed on Allocate: $0.86/$0.86 against $0.86/$0.86, list plus 7%.

Which has the bigger context window?

Deepseek Coder 33B Instruct: 16,384 tokens (16K) against 8,192 (8K) for Gemma-2 Instruct (27B).

Can I fine-tune Deepseek Coder 33B Instruct or Gemma-2 Instruct (27B)?

Both publish open weights (Deepseek Coder 33B Instruct: Custom license; Gemma-2 Instruct (27B): Gemma terms), so both can be fine-tuned. On Allocate the trained weights stay inside your boundary and belong to you.

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Run the numbers on your workload

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Or don’t choose. On Allocate a route name is the contract: point yours at one model today, swap to the other tomorrow, and compare them on your live traffic with per-token metering.

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