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Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 vs Qwen3 30B A3B

Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 (Aisingapore) and Qwen3 30B A3B (Qwen) 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 SEA Guard 12B 2602 holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#142 vs #144); and Qwen3 30B A3B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #142 against #144 (29.0 vs 28.3 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 was listed 4 December 2025, Qwen3 30B A3B 28 April 2025.

Choose Qwen3 30B A3B if…

  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 30B A3B ships open weights while Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 is restricted license.
  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 0.

Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 vs Qwen3 30B A3B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 and Qwen3 30B A3B
FieldGemma SEA Guard 12B 2602AisingaporeQwen3 30B A3BQwen
ModelCap Index position#142#144
Index score29.028.3
EvidenceInheritedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.12
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.50
Context window— tokens131K tokens
Max output tokens—16K
API providers listed02
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed4 December 202528 April 2025
PublisherAisingaporeQwen

Evidence: finetune of google/gemma-3-12b-it · finetune (100%) · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 vs Qwen3 30B A3B

Public benchmark boards where Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 or Qwen3 30B A3B has a published result
BoardGemma SEA Guard 12B 2602Qwen3 30B A3BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—13861377–1395Only 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 Qwen3 30B A3B: common questions

Is Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 better than Qwen3 30B A3B?

Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 10 September 2026: #142 against #144. 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 Qwen3 30B A3B?

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 Qwen3 30B A3B?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 or Qwen3 30B A3B?

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 Qwen3 30B A3B open-weight models?

Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602: Restricted license. Qwen3 30B A3B: Open weights. 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 Qwen3 30B A3B?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 and 2 for Qwen3 30B A3B, 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 Qwen3 30B A3B 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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