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Gemma 3 12B vs Falcon H1R 7B

Gemma 3 12B (Google) and Falcon H1R 7B (Tiiuae) 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 12 September 2026

As of 12 September 2026, Gemma 3 12B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#148 vs #151).

Which should you choose?

Choose Gemma 3 12B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #148 against #151 (30.5 vs 30.0 points).
  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.

Choose Falcon H1R 7B if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — Falcon H1R 7B was listed 29 October 2025, Gemma 3 12B 13 March 2025.

Gemma 3 12B vs Falcon H1R 7B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Gemma 3 12B and Falcon H1R 7B
FieldGemma 3 12BGoogleFalcon H1R 7BTiiuae
ModelCap Index position#148#151
Index score30.530.0
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.05Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$0.15Unlisted
Context window131K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens16K—
API providers listed10
Weight accessGated accessRestricted license
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed13 March 202529 October 2025
PublisherGoogleTiiuae

Evidence: 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards · global-corpus-prior over 188 held-out anchors (9%); launch card against 2 resolved peers on 7 rows (91%); exceeds every named peer on 1 of 7 rows; optimism haircut 2.2 from cross-lab-probe; shrunk 2.2 up toward the measured corpus. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Gemma 3 12B vs Falcon H1R 7B

Public benchmark boards where Gemma 3 12B or Falcon H1R 7B has a published result
BoardGemma 3 12BFalcon H1R 7BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13161293–1340—Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)30.4Prompt—Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis3.8intelligence-index:v4.3:non-reasoning—Only one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis0.0%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Gemma 3 12B":reasoning=false—Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis10.8%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Gemma 3 12B":reasoning=false—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis4.2%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Gemma 3 12B":reasoning=false—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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Gemma 3 12B vs Falcon H1R 7B: common questions

Is Gemma 3 12B better than Falcon H1R 7B?

Gemma 3 12B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 12 September 2026: #148 against #151. 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 3 12B cheaper than Falcon H1R 7B?

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 3 12B or Falcon H1R 7B?

Both publish a 131K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 3 12B or Falcon H1R 7B?

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 3 12B and Falcon H1R 7B open-weight models?

Gemma 3 12B: Gated access. Falcon H1R 7B: Restricted license. 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 3 12B and Falcon H1R 7B?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Gemma 3 12B and 0 for Falcon H1R 7B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Gemma 3 12B vs Falcon H1R 7B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 12 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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