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Gemini 1.5 Flash vs Gemma 3 12B
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemma 3 12B leads with 2.1% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 1.5 Flash offers 794.6K more tokens in context window than Gemma 3 12B. Gemma 3 12B is $0.60 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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Gemini 1.5 Flash was created as a fast and efficient multimodal model, designed to provide quick responses while handling text, images, and other modalities. Built for applications requiring low latency and high throughput, it balances capability with speed to serve real-time and high-volume use cases.
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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.
10 months newer
Gemini 1.5 Flash
2024-05-01
Gemma 3 12B
2025-03-12
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Pricing Comparison
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Gemini 1.5 Flash
Input:$0.15
Output:$0.60
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Gemma 3 12B
Input:$0.05
Output:$0.10($0.60 cheaper)
Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 8 common benchmarks
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Gemini 1.5 Flash
Average Score:71.2%
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Gemma 3 12B
Average Score:73.3%(+2.1%)
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash
2023-11-01
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Gemini 1.5 Flash
1 providers
Throughput: 150 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms
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Gemma 3 12B
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Gemini 1.5 Flash
Avg Score:71.2%
Providers:1
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Gemma 3 12B
Avg Score:73.3%(+2.1%)
Providers:1