Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemma 3 12B leads with 37.9% higher average benchmark score. Gemma 3 12B offers 6.1K more tokens in context window than Command R+. Gemma 3 12B is $1.10 cheaper per million tokens. Gemma 3 12B supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Gemma 3 12B is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Cohere
Command R+ is a language model developed by Cohere. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 74.6% across 6 benchmarks. It excels particularly in HellaSwag (88.6%), Winogrande (85.4%), MMLU (75.7%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 API providers. Released in 2024, it represents Cohere's latest advancement in AI technology.
Gemma 3 12B is a multimodal language model developed by Google. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 62.5% across 26 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (94.4%), IFEval (88.9%), DocVQA (87.1%). It supports a 262K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Google's latest advancement in AI technology.
6 months newer
Command R+
Cohere
2024-08-30
Gemma 3 12B
2025-03-12
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Command R+
Gemma 3 12B
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 31 common benchmarks
Command R+
Gemma 3 12B
Available providers and their performance metrics
Command R+
Bedrock
Cohere
Command R+
Gemma 3 12B
Command R+
Gemma 3 12B
Gemma 3 12B
DeepInfra