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Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 vs Gemma 3 12B

Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 (Aisingapore) and Gemma 3 12B (Google) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 10 September 2026

As of 10 September 2026, Gemma 3 12B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#140 vs #142).

Which should you choose?

Choose Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 was listed 4 December 2025, Gemma 3 12B 13 March 2025.

Choose Gemma 3 12B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #140 against #142 (30.2 vs 29.0 points).
  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.

Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 vs Gemma 3 12B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 and Gemma 3 12B
FieldGemma SEA Guard 12B 2602AisingaporeGemma 3 12BGoogle
ModelCap Index position#142#140
Index score29.030.2
EvidenceInheritedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.05
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.15
Context window— tokens131K tokens
Max output tokens—16K
API providers listed01
Weight accessRestricted licenseGated access
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
First listed4 December 202513 March 2025
PublisherAisingaporeGoogle

Evidence: finetune of google/gemma-3-12b-it · finetune (100%) · 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 vs Gemma 3 12B

Public benchmark boards where Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 or Gemma 3 12B has a published result
BoardGemma SEA Guard 12B 2602Gemma 3 12BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—13161293–1340Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)—30.4PromptOnly one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—3.8intelligence-index:v4.3:non-reasoningOnly one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis—0.0%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Gemma 3 12B":reasoning=falseOnly one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis—10.8%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Gemma 3 12B":reasoning=falseOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—4.2%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Gemma 3 12B":reasoning=falseOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 vs Gemma 3 12B: common questions

Is Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 better than Gemma 3 12B?

Gemma 3 12B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 10 September 2026: #140 against #142. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 cheaper than Gemma 3 12B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 or Gemma 3 12B?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 or Gemma 3 12B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 and Gemma 3 12B open-weight models?

Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602: Restricted license. Gemma 3 12B: Gated access. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 and Gemma 3 12B?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 and 1 for Gemma 3 12B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 vs Gemma 3 12B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 10 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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