Gemma 3 12B: benchmark scores, price and ranking
Gemma 3 12B from Google DeepMind is a recent or sparsely tested model with 1 benchmark result on record; it has not been measured on enough benchmarks shared with other models to receive an aggregate rank. This page lists every score we have, based on 1 benchmark results captured up to 2026-10-13.
- Organisation
- Google DeepMind
- Type
- Open-weight / local model
- Open weights
- Yes
- Released
- 2025-03-12 (source: epoch)
- Cheapest API price
- $0.050 in / $0.150 out per million tokens (via openrouter, observed 2026-10-13T20:47Z)
- Aggregate rank
- Not ranked yet (too few shared benchmarks)
Across the 1 benchmark where at least ten models are scored, Gemma 3 12B is in the top 10% on 0 and in the top half on 0.
Its cheapest listed input price, $0.050 per million tokens, is lower than that of 90% of the 427 models with a listed price.
Gemma 3 12B benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Source | Captured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch ECI | 124 | #116 of 204 | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | 2026-10-13 |
About Gemma 3 12B
Gemma 3 12B is an open-weight model that can run on your own hardware from Google DeepMind. It was released on 2025-03-12, according to Epoch AI. The cheapest API listing we track charges $0.050 per million input tokens and $0.150 per million output tokens, through openrouter. We hold 1 benchmark result for it across 1 area, and none is in the top tenth of its board.
Where Gemma 3 12B stands
Gemma 3 12B has 1 result so far and shares too few benchmarks with other models to get an aggregate rank. The rank will appear on its own once more scores are published.
Gemma 3 12B, benchmark by benchmark
Gemma 3 12B lands below the middle on Epoch ECI: 124, #116 of 204, with 56% of the field scoring higher. Qwen 3.8 Max leads at 156; the closest result above is Amazon Nova Pro at 124. It covers Epoch Capabilities Index: Epoch's own aggregate of ~40 benchmarks. The board median is 127, so Gemma 3 12B is 4 points below it. Source: Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub, captured 2026-10-13.
Release history
The Google DeepMind model released before it was Gemini 2.0 Pro Exp (Feb 2025) on 2025-02-05, which scores 46.7. The next one was gemma-3-12b-it on 2025-03-12, at 39.1.
Reading these numbers
The 1 score on this page comes from 1 source: Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub (1). No official leaderboard supplied any of them, so treat them as third-party measurements. With 1 results the aggregate rank can move a lot when one new score arrives.
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