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Gemma 4 12B
95 billion parameters and a 256K context window.
Updated Aug 12, 2026. Default version: Gemma 4 12B
LLMBoard score38.2Gemma 4 12B
Coverage100%15 benchmark families
Context windowN/ATokens
Official input priceN/AOfficial price unavailable
Gemma 4 12B Specifications
Technical details for the model's default version.
- Version
- Gemma 4 12B
- Released
- May 23, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- Jan 1, 2025
- Parameters
- 12B
- Context window
- N/A
- Max output
- N/A
- Inputs
- image, text
- Outputs
- text
- Open weights
- No
- License
- Apache 2.0
Gemma 4 12B Capability Profile
This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.
Gemma 4 12B Benchmark Results
Benchmark scores for Gemma 4 12B.
| BIG-Bench Extra Hard | 0.5 | 3 | 11 | 80.0% | C | |
| CoVoST2 | 0.4 | 3 | 4 | 33.3% | C | |
| FLEURS | 0.9 | 4 | 6 | 40.0% | C | |
| MedXpertQA | 0.5 | 8 | 12 | 36.4% | C | |
| MRCR v2 (8-needle) | 0.4 | 9 | 21 | 60.0% | C | |
| MathVision | 0.8 | 13 | 32 | 61.3% | C | |
| AIME 2026 | 0.8 | 15 | 18 | 17.6% | C | |
| CodeForces | 0.6 | 15 | 16 | 6.7% | C | |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 0.2 | 15 | 17 | 12.5% | C | |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 0.7 | 26 | 53 | 51.9% | C | |
| MMMLU | 0.8 | 35 | 49 | 29.2% | C | |
| MMMU-Pro | 0.7 | 38 | 66 | 43.1% | C | |
| MMLU-Pro | 0.8 | 65 | 129 | 50.0% | C | |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 0.1 | 89 | 93 | 4.3% | C | |
| GPQA | 0.8 | 93 | 234 | 60.5% | C |
Gemma 4 12B Arena Results
Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.
No Arena results
The default version does not have a matching Arena result yet.
Gemma 4 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 $0.06 input, $0.30 output per 1M via NanoGPT
- Tracked offerings
- 1
| NanoGPT | gemma-4-12b-it | global | $0.06 | $0.30 | 262.1K |
Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.
Gemma 4 12B Versions
Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.
| Gemma 4 12B | 38.2 | 12B | N/A | N/A | No | Apache 2.0 |
What is Gemma 4 12B?
Key information about Gemma 4 12B and its available data.
95 billion parameters and a 256K context window. It supports text, image, audio, and video inputs with text output, projecting image patches and audio waveforms directly into a single decoder-only transformer for streamlined local deployment.
Data as of 2026-08-11.
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FAQ
Common questions about Gemma 4 12B.
When was Gemma 4 12B released?
Gemma 4 12B's default version was released on May 23, 2026.
How much does Gemma 4 12B cost?
No official standard PAYG price is currently available for Gemma 4 12B. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $0.06 input and $0.30 output via NanoGPT.
Who created Gemma 4 12B?
Gemma 4 12B was created by Google.
What is the context window for Gemma 4 12B?
A context window is not available for the default version.
Is Gemma 4 12B open weight?
No. The default version is not marked as having publicly available weights.
How many API providers offer Gemma 4 12B?
1 provider offerings are linked to the default version.
What models should I compare Gemma 4 12B with?
Nearby ranked alternatives include Mercury 2, Claude Sonnet 3.7, GLM 4.7 Flash.