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Gemma 3 12B
Gemma 3 12B is a 12-billion-parameter vision-language model from Google, handling text and image input and generating text output.
Updated Aug 17, 2026. Default version: Gemma 3 12B
LLMBoard Score10.4Gemma 3 12B
Coverage100%26 benchmark families
Context window131.1KTokens
Official input priceN/AOfficial price unavailable
Gemma 3 12B Capability Profile
This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.
Gemma 3 12B Benchmark Results
Benchmark scores for Gemma 3 12B.
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Benchmark | Score | Rank | Participants | Percentile | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| BenchmarkVQAv2 (val) | Score71.6% | Rank01 | Participants3 | Percentile100.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkECLeKTic | Score10.3% | Rank03 | Participants8 | Percentile71.4% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkBird-SQL (dev) | Score47.9% | Rank04 | Participants7 | Percentile50.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkHiddenMath | Score54.5% | Rank04 | Participants13 | Percentile75.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkNatural2Code | Score80.7% | Rank04 | Participants8 | Percentile57.1% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkBIG-Bench Hard | Score85.7% | Rank06 | Participants21 | Percentile75.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkFACTS Grounding | Score75.8% | Rank06 | Participants13 | Percentile58.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkBIG-Bench Extra Hard | Score16.3% | Rank08 | Participants11 | Percentile30.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkGlobal-MMLU-Lite | Score69.5% | Rank08 | Participants15 | Percentile50.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkInfoVQA | Score64.9% | Rank09 | Participants10 | Percentile11.1% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMMMU (val) | Score59.6% | Rank10 | Participants13 | Percentile25.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMATH | Score83.8% | Rank14 | Participants71 | Percentile81.4% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTextVQA | Score67.7% | Rank14 | Participants16 | Percentile13.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkWMT24++ | Score51.6% | Rank15 | Participants23 | Percentile36.4% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkGSM8k | Score94.4% | Rank16 | Participants48 | Percentile68.1% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMBPP | Score73.0% | Rank21 | Participants33 | Percentile37.5% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkIFEval | Score88.9% | Rank22 | Participants67 | Percentile68.2% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMathVista-Mini | Score62.9% | Rank23 | Participants24 | Percentile4.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAI2D | Score84.2% | Rank24 | Participants33 | Percentile28.1% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkDocVQA | Score87.1% | Rank24 | Participants28 | Percentile14.8% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkChartQA | Score75.7% | Rank25 | Participants26 | Percentile4.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkHumanEval | Score85.4% | Rank34 | Participants66 | Percentile49.2% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSimpleQA | Score6.3% | Rank43 | Participants47 | Percentile8.7% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkLiveCodeBench | Score24.6% | Rank67 | Participants75 | Percentile10.8% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMMLU-Pro | Score60.6% | Rank107 | Participants134 | Percentile20.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkGPQA | Score40.9% | Rank208 | Participants239 | Percentile13.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
Gemma 3 12B Arena Results
Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.
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Arena | Category | Rank | Rating / score | Votes | Observations | Result date |
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| Arenatext | Categoryoverall | Rank196 | Rating / score1334.2 | Votes3,829 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenatext style control | Categoryoverall | Rank209 | Rating / score1341.9 | Votes3,829 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
Gemma 3 12B Pricing
Official vendor API pricing appears first, followed by individual provider offers.
- Official API
- N/A
- Official provider
- N/A
- Lowest third-party
- From $0.05 input, $0.10 output per 1M via Helicone
- Tracked offerings
- 4
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Provider | Provider model ID | Region | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Updated |
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| ProviderHelicone | Provider model IDgemma-3-12b-it | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.05 | Output / 1M$0.10 | Context131.1K | Updated |
| ProviderOpenRouter | Provider model IDgoogle/gemma-3-12b-it | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.05 | Output / 1M$0.15 | Context131.1K | Updated |
| ProviderNovitaAI | Provider model IDgoogle/gemma-3-12b-it | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.05 | Output / 1M$0.10 | Context131.1K | Updated |
| ProviderNeon | Provider model IDgemma-3-12b | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.15 | Output / 1M$0.50 | Context131.1K | Updated |
Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.
Gemma 3 12B Runtime Performance
Provider-specific output speed and catalog latency for Gemma 3 12B. Runtime does not affect the capability score.
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Provider | Output Speed | Catalog Latency | Max Input | Max Output | Updated |
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| ProviderDeepInfra | Output Speed33 tok/s | Catalog Latency0.2 s | Max Input131.1K | Max Output131.1K | Updated |
Output Speed is generated output tokens received per second. Catalog latency is reported separately from observed provider TTFT.
Gemma 3 12B Specifications
Technical details for the model's default version.
- Version
- Gemma 3 12B
- Released
- Mar 12, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- Unknown
- Parameters
- 12B
- Context window
- 131.1K
- Max output
- 131.1K
- Inputs
- image, text
- Outputs
- text
- Open weights
- No
- License
- Gemma
Gemma 3 12B Versions
Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.
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Version | Released | LLMBoard | Parameters | Context | Max output | Open weights | License |
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| VersionGemma 3 12B | Released | LLMBoard10.4 | Parameters12B | Context131.1K | Max output131.1K | Open weightsNo | LicenseGemma |
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What is Gemma 3 12B?
Key information about Gemma 3 12B and its available data.
Gemma 3 12B is a 12-billion-parameter vision-language model from Google, handling text and image input and generating text output. It features a 128K context window, multilingual support, and open weights. Suitable for question answering, summarization, reasoning, and image understanding tasks.
Data as of 2026-08-17.
FAQ
Common questions about Gemma 3 12B.
When was Gemma 3 12B released?
Gemma 3 12B's default version was released on Mar 12, 2025.
How much does Gemma 3 12B cost?
No official standard PAYG price is currently available for Gemma 3 12B. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $0.05 input and $0.10 output via Helicone.
Who created Gemma 3 12B?
Gemma 3 12B was created by Google.
What is the context window for Gemma 3 12B?
The default version has a 131.1K token context window.
Is Gemma 3 12B open weight?
No. The default version is not marked as having publicly available weights.
How many API providers offer Gemma 3 12B?
4 provider offerings are linked to the default version.
What models should I compare Gemma 3 12B with?
Nearby ranked alternatives include DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama, Gemma 4 E2B, Gemini 1.5 Flash.