Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemma 3 12B leads with 1.6% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.5 Haiku offers 137.9K more tokens in context window than Gemma 3 12B. Gemma 3 12B is $4.65 cheaper per million tokens. Gemma 3 12B supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3.5 Haiku is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku was developed as the next generation of Anthropic's fastest model, offering similar speed to Claude 3 Haiku while surpassing Claude 3 Opus on many intelligence benchmarks. Built with low latency, improved instruction following, and accurate tool use, it serves user-facing products, specialized sub-agent tasks, and data-heavy applications.
Gemma 3 12B was developed as part of the third generation of Google's open-source model family, designed to provide enhanced capabilities in a mid-sized format. Built with improved architecture and training techniques, it balances performance with practical deployment considerations for diverse use cases.
4 months newer

Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic
2024-10-22

Gemma 3 12B
2025-03-12
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Gemma 3 12B
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Gemma 3 12B
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Gemma 3 12B

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Gemma 3 12B

Gemma 3 12B
DeepInfra