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Gemma 3 12B

GoogleReleased Mar 12, 2025Current

Score basis

Gemma 3 12B is behind the leaders in multimodal tasks. Too few results yet to rate reasoning, coding, agentic tasks, safety, long context, math, multilingual tasks, instruction following, or factuality.

Capability profile

Bars show the model's median result as a share of the leading model's, per capability. Select a row to see its results.

Limited1 capability
  1. Multimodal−51.4%3 of 6
Not rated9 capabilities

Too few results yet to rate Reasoning, Coding, Agentic, Safety, Long Context, Math, Multilingual, Instruction Following or Factuality.

Price

$0.05input$0.15outputper million tokens

From deepinfra · 2 providers tracked · All prices

Cheaper than 93% of 329 priced models · 3:1 input-to-output blend, log scale

Evidence

75results on68benchmarks

  • 6 independently verified
  • 19 aggregator
  • 18 vendor-reported
  • 32 cross-referenced

From 9 sources · latest Oct 7, 2026 · How verification works

API features

Tool callingStructured outputs

As listed by OpenRouter

Research

18 papers reference Gemma 3 12B

Gemma 3 12B benchmark results

75 results on 68 benchmarks, grouped by capability. Each bar is the result as a share of the capability leader's; every result links to its source.

Multimodal

LimitedFull multimodal ranking

51.4% behind the leader3 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Reasoning

Not enough dataFull reasoning ranking

0 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Coding

Not enough dataFull coding ranking

0 of 10 ranked benchmarks measured

Agentic

Not enough dataFull agentic ranking

0 of 7 ranked benchmarks measured

Long Context

Not enough dataFull long context ranking

0 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

Instruction Following

Not enough dataFull instruction following ranking

0 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

Factuality

Not enough dataFull factuality ranking

0 of 4 ranked benchmarks measured

More results

Benchmarks outside the capability baskets. They are not ranked against a leader.

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Gemma 3 12B: common questions

Who makes Gemma 3 12B?

Gemma 3 12B is made by Google.

When was Gemma 3 12B released?

Gemma 3 12B was released on Mar 12, 2025, according to Artificial Analysis.

What is Gemma 3 12B good at?

Gemma 3 12B is behind the leaders in multimodal tasks. Too few results yet to rate reasoning, coding, agentic tasks, safety, long context, math, multilingual tasks, instruction following, or factuality.

How much does Gemma 3 12B cost?

Gemma 3 12B costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens, according to deepinfra. We track its price at 2 providers. At a mix of three input tokens to one output token, it is cheaper than 93% of the 329 priced models we track.

How many benchmarks has Gemma 3 12B been tested on?

We track 75 results for Gemma 3 12B on 68 benchmarks from 9 sources, 6 of them independently verified. The latest was recorded on Oct 7, 2026.

Which API features does Gemma 3 12B support?

OpenRouter lists tool calling and structured outputs for Gemma 3 12B.

About this record

Where Gemma 3 12B's numbers come from, and every name it appears under.

Tracked since
May 29, 2026
Newest source mention
Aug 15, 2026

Where the results come from

Verification: 75 scores · 6 independently verified · 19 aggregator-attributed · 32 vendor cross-reference · 18 vendor-reported. How these tiers are assigned

From 9 sources on 4 sites. Hugging Face supplies 33 of them; the 6 independently verified results come from 3 sites. Bars are coloured by trust tier.

  • huggingface.co33
  • artificialanalysis.ai20
  • api.llm-stats.com18
  • raw.githubusercontent.com4

Also known as

Gemma 3 12B InstructGemma 3 12B IT