Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemma 3 12B leads with 1.5% higher average benchmark score. Gemma 3 12B offers 6.1K more tokens in context window than Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct. Both models have similar pricing. Gemma 3 12B supports multimodal inputs. Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct is available on 4 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B was developed as a specialized coding model, designed to excel at programming tasks with 32 billion parameters specifically optimized for code. Built to understand and generate code across multiple programming languages, it serves developers requiring advanced code completion, debugging, and explanation capabilities.
5 months newer

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

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

Gemma 3 12B

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

Gemma 3 12B

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Gemma 3 12B
DeepInfra

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct

Gemma 3 12B

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct

Gemma 3 12B

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
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