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Gemma 3 12B

Current board #158Arena #220Official publisher releaseGated access7d #151 → #158

Google·google/gemma-3-12b-it

Gemma 3 12B is ModelCap current-board rank #158 with Index 33.8 (Measured), from the ModelCap Index as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.

Gemma 3 12B listed OpenRouter input price is $0.05 per 1M tokens and listed output price is $0.15 per 1M tokens, from OpenRouter listed prices as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.

Gemma 3 12B has a published context limit of 131K tokens in the ModelCap catalogue as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.

Gemma 3 12B has 1 published OpenRouter serving endpoint, from OpenRouter as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.

Gemma 3 12B weight access is gated access, from ModelCap classification of published repository metadata as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.

Snapshot facts · download the public dataset · methodology

ModelCap Index · Current board
33.8#158
Measured · 49% support · score interval 27.8–39.8
Evidence as of 13 Sept 2026, 00:00 UTC
Market Gravity
24.9Decreased by 0.1
Secondary market signal
Input
$0.05
per 1M tokens
Output
$0.15
per 1M tokens
Context
131K
tokens
Providers
1
endpoint
Gateway spend
latest · Vercel share

Providers

Uptime measured over the last 30 minutes
ProviderInputOutputContextQuantUptime
DeepInfrabf16$0.05$0.15131Kbf1699.80%

Hugging Face Inference Providers

Exact repository identity

Provider economics and telemetry published by the Hugging Face Router. These are operational signals, not benchmark results.

ProviderInputOutputContextTTFTThroughputFeatures
deepinfra
live
$0.05$0.15131K537 ms16.5 tok/stools · structured
featherless-ai
live

Reported evaluation leads (4)

Not independent measurement

Structured rows reported in this exact model repository at the pinned revision below. They are the publisher talking about itself: never measured evidence, never a score input on their own. They remain quarantined until dataset revision, harness, configuration and identity pass ModelCap’s independent admission review.

Dataset / taskMetricValueRevisionProvenance
Idavidrein/gpqa
main
36.5471
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined
Idavidrein/gpqa
diamond
33.8384
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined
LEXam-Benchmark/LEXam
open_question
41.29
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined
LEXam-Benchmark/LEXam
mcq_4_choices
29.94
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined

Other versions (1)

ModelCap Index · Current board

Methodology
33.8
Measured · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards
Current board
#158
Public rank basis
Measured (measured)
Index support
49.4% · moderate
Index interval
27.8–39.8
Rank posterior
Not available
Top 5 / Top 10 probability
Not available / Not available
Posterior as of
Snapshot timestamp unavailable
Evidence as of
13 Sept 2026, 00:00 UTC
Identity binding
Exact catalogue product · google/google/gemma-3-12b-it · aggregates disclosed benchmark configurations · endpoint configuration not claimed · artifact metadata google/gemma-3-12b-it@96b6f1eccf38110c56df3a15bffe176da04bfd80 (not the evaluation revision)
Index observations used
2
Qualified Index evidence point
33.8
Bayesian Evidence Score · measured evidence input only

BES normalizes admitted public benchmark evidence for measured Index rows. Its legacy score and observables prior do not define the public language rank.

Observed capability
33.8
Evidence status
confirmed · 73% mass
General preference
36.2
Coding
16.5
Agents & tools
Reasoning
Evidence breadth
92%
Evidence coverage
49%
Market and catalogue signals · secondary, never the language Index rank
Usage (OpenRouter popularity)
14.3
Liquidity (providers × uptime)
35.7
Open reach (HF downloads)
Surface (context / tools / modalities)
60.2
Freshness
12.0
  • · OpenRouter popularity #141
  • · 1 live provider
  • · Catalogue: context 131072, tools, modalities Text/Image
  • · First seen 2025-03-13

These adoption and deployment observations remain context only. They do not change this model's ModelCap Index score or rank.

BES evidence selected · measured input only

The bounded 0–100 capability score blends each source’s competitive placement with its published achievement, then combines capability families. Evidence breadth adds a modest uncertainty adjustment; price and popularity are not part of benchmark-led rank.

Deployment readiness

Metadata index
78.0
strong · 93% metadata coverage
Not capability
Artifact reproducibility
100.0
Access & legal clarity
68.3
Deployability
82.5
Evaluation provenance
48.1

Missing: accessLegalClarity.resolvable-license-terms, evaluationProvenance.evaluation-dataset-revisions.

A metadata completeness and deployability index—not a safety certification, quality grade, or production-readiness claim.

Market activity

Venue coverage
Market Gravity
24.9
OpenRouter weekly popularity
#141 of 322

Market Gravity uses OpenRouter’s full-catalogue popularity order. Sparse Vercel top-ten observations appear only when published and do not affect the score.

Arena preference

Status
Ranked
Source
LMArena
Official rank
#220 of 402
Rating
1341.7
95% confidence interval
1332–1351
Votes
4K
Source published at
13 Sept 2026, 00:00 UTC
Category
overall
Identity match confidence
99%

Market Gravity breakdown

Usage55%
14.3

OpenRouter weekly popularity across the full model catalogue.

Liquidity25%
35.7

Independent providers versus the model's open or closed cohort, weighted by uptime.

Open reach15%
50.0

Hugging Face 30-day downloads for open models; neutral for closed models.

Freshness5%
12.0

Time since first public availability, on a six-month half-life.

Specification

Context window
131K tokens
Max output
16K tokens
Inputs
Text, Image
Outputs
Text
Tokenizer
Gemini
Cached input tokens
Not offered
First seen on OpenRouter
13 Mar 2025
Knowledge cutoff
2024-08-31

Capabilities

  • Not supported: Reasoning
  • Supported: Tool use
  • Supported: Structured output
  • Supported: Response format
  • Not supported: Moderated

Weights & access

Gated access. The weights are hosted behind an access request or acceptance step. Review the publisher's access requirements and license before use or redistribution.

Access
Gated access
Licence
gemma
Pinned revision
96b6f1eccf38
Parameters
12.2B
Architecture
Gemma3ForConditionalGeneration
Model type
gemma3
Hugging Face downloads (30d)
602K
Downloads (all time)
22.9M
Likes
837
Repository updated
21 Mar 2025, 20:28 UTC

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LeaderboardScoreSource rankConfigurationPublished
Arena coding leaderboardArena (LMArena)13161293–1339#281 of 397Default13 Sept 2026
BFCL V4 function-calling leaderboardUC Berkeley (Gorilla)30.4#49 of 83Prompt12 Apr 2026

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Gemma 3 12B: common questions

How does Gemma 3 12B rank among AI models?

Gemma 3 12B holds ModelCap Index position #158 of 248 ranked language models as of 22 September 2026, with an Index score of 33.8 (interval 27.8–39.8); evidence: measured. The Index combines public benchmark boards with published uncertainty; the methodology page explains the weighting.

How much does Gemma 3 12B cost per 1M tokens?

Gemma 3 12B is listed at $0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens as of 22 September 2026. Prices come from the OpenRouter catalogue and re-observe on every refresh. For 1,000 requests using 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, the listed rates imply $0.175 total (2M input + 0.5M output). This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the chosen endpoint's rate and limits before budgeting.

What is the context window of Gemma 3 12B?

Gemma 3 12B has a published context window of 131K tokens (131,072) and a maximum output of 16K tokens. Individual providers can serve less than the published maximum; the providers table lists each endpoint's own limit.

Is Gemma 3 12B open-weight?

Gated access (gemma). The weights are hosted behind an access request or acceptance step. Review the publisher's access requirements and license before use or redistribution. The repository is google/gemma-3-12b-it on Hugging Face.

Which API providers serve Gemma 3 12B?

One provider serves Gemma 3 12B through OpenRouter as of 22 September 2026: DeepInfra. Each provider's price, context limit, quantization and measured uptime are in the providers table above.

Which benchmarks has Gemma 3 12B been evaluated on?

Gemma 3 12B has published results on 2 public boards tracked by ModelCap as of 22 September 2026: Arena coding 1316 (#281 of 397) and BFCL V4 30.4 (#49 of 83). Each board page ranks every tracked model on that benchmark; the ModelCap Index combines them with published uncertainty.

How does Gemma 3 12B compare with gpt-oss-20b?

Gemma 3 12B ranks #158 (Index 33.8) and gpt-oss-20b ranks #159 (Index 33.5) on the ModelCap Index as of 22 September 2026. The head-to-head page lines up their benchmarks, listed prices, context windows and provider counts side by side.

When was Gemma 3 12B released?

Gemma 3 12B first appeared in the catalogue on 13 Mar 2025, with a published knowledge cutoff of 2024-08-31. It is the current version in its family. Rank and price movements since then are recorded on the site's changes feed.