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Start with Gemma 3 12B and Llama 4 Maverick, or choose any two current ranked language models. Compare capability evidence, price, context, provider availability, and weight access without pretending one field decides every use case.

Current public data

Gemma 3 12B vs Llama 4 Maverick

Live dataset updated 9/9/2026, 8:46:14 PM UTC

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Factual comparison of Gemma 3 12B and Llama 4 Maverick
Field
ModelCap position#133#134
Index score30.029.1
EvidenceMeasured3 public benchmark observations across 3 boardsMeasured4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards
Input / 1M$0.05$0.20
Output / 1M$0.15$0.696
Pricing statusfreshfresh
Context131K1M
Providers15
Weight accessGated accessGated access

Decision facts

  • Gemma 3 12B is #133; Llama 4 Maverick is #134 on the same current language board.
  • Index scores are 30.0 for Gemma 3 12B and 29.1 for Llama 4 Maverick. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.
  • Both positions use Measured evidence.
  • Listed output price per 1M tokens is $0.15 for Gemma 3 12B and $0.70 for Llama 4 Maverick. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $0.17 for Gemma 3 12B versus $0.75 for Llama 4 Maverick. Gemma 3 12B costs 76.6% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.
  • Published context is 131,072 tokens for Gemma 3 12B and 1,048,576 for Llama 4 Maverick.
  • ModelCap currently lists 1 providers for Gemma 3 12B and 5 for Llama 4 Maverick.

These are separate published fields, not a synthetic winner. ModelCap does not collapse price, access, context, and capability evidence into a hidden recommendation score.

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