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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs gemma 4 12B it

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (Google) and gemma 4 12B it (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 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#30 vs #44); and gemma 4 12B it ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #30 against #44 (67.1 vs 61.4 points).
  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 0.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite was listed 21 July 2026, gemma 4 12B it 23 May 2026.

Choose gemma 4 12B it if…

  • you want to self-host: gemma 4 12B it ships open weights while Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is api only.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs gemma 4 12B it: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and gemma 4 12B it
FieldGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGooglegemma 4 12B itGoogle
ModelCap Index position#30#44
Index score67.161.4
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.30Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$2.50Unlisted
Context window1M tokens— tokens
Max output tokens66K—
API providers listed20
Weight accessAPI onlyOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, Image, Video, File, AudioText, Image, Audio
First listed21 July 202623 May 2026
PublisherGoogleGoogle

Evidence: 5 public benchmark observations across 5 boards · publisher-corpus-prior over 182 held-out anchors (7%); launch card against 3 resolved peers on 6 rows (93%); no cross-lab optimism probe available; shrunk 0.3 up toward the measured corpus. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs gemma 4 12B it

Public benchmark boards where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or gemma 4 12B it has a published result
BoardGemini 3.5 Flash Litegemma 4 12B itLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)15021494–1511—Only one result
LMArena AgentLMArena-13.4%-14.9%–-12.0%—Only one result
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation10.3%High—Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis22.7intelligence-index:v4.3:reasoning-unspecified—Only one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis53.6%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite":reasoning=true—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis18.8%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite":reasoning=true—Only 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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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs gemma 4 12B it: common questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than gemma 4 12B it?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #30 against #44. 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 Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite cheaper than gemma 4 12B it?

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, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or gemma 4 12B it?

Both publish a 1M-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or gemma 4 12B it?

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 Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and gemma 4 12B it open-weight models?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: API only. gemma 4 12B it: 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 Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and gemma 4 12B it?

ModelCap currently lists 2 API providers for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 0 for gemma 4 12B it, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs gemma 4 12B it comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 9 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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