Google · Released Mar 12, 2025Gemma 3 12B IT
Open multimodal Gemma instruction model for multilingual text generation and image understanding.
- Capability
- 123.5ECI · #138 of 148
- Input
- $0.05per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.15per 1M tokens
- Context
- 131K131K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.05per million tokens
- Output
- $0.15per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.075cheaper than 94% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $0.175 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $2.00 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $20.00 |
Median of 7 paid API providers on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#138 of 148 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (115.6–129.3); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Google.
The details
- Lab
- Released
- Mar 12, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- Aug 2024
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Max output
- 131,072 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- Availability
- 7 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Gemma 3 12B IT
How much does Gemma 3 12B IT cost?
Gemma 3 12B IT costs $0.05 input / $0.15 output per million tokens (median across 7 API providers). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.075 per million tokens, cheaper than 94% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Gemma 3 12B IT?
Gemma 3 12B IT accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request and can write up to 131,072 tokens in one response.
How good is Gemma 3 12B IT?
Epoch AI gives Gemma 3 12B IT a Capabilities Index score of 123.5 (likely range 115.6–129.3), ranking it #138 of 148 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 39.5%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 16.7%.
Is Gemma 3 12B IT open source?
Yes. Google publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Gemma 3 12B IT support?
Gemma 3 12B IT accepts text and images and replies in text. It is not a dedicated reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Gemma 3 12B IT released?
Google released Gemma 3 12B IT on Mar 12, 2025. Its training data runs to Aug 2024.
What are the best alternatives to Gemma 3 12B IT?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Qwen Turbo (Alibaba (Qwen), $0.05 / $0.20), Ministral 3B (Mistral AI, ECI 118.1, $0.10 / $0.10), Claude Haiku 3.5 (Anthropic, ECI 127.2) and GPT-4o mini (OpenAI, ECI 126.6, $0.15 / $0.60).