Gemma 3 12B
Google's open mid-range model with strong vision and multilingual capability for self-hosted deployments.
Pricing
InputOpen weights
OutputSelf-hosted cost profile
Cost bandFree/open
Free tierOpen weights; hosted pricing depends on provider.
Limits
Context window128k checked Jul 19, 2026
Max outputRuntime-dependent
Knowledge cutoffFeb 2025
DeploymentHugging Face, Ollama, vLLM, self-hosted
OpenAI-compatible APIYes
ModalitiesText, Image input
Where it fits
Best forTeams needing a capable open model that fits on a single consumer GPU with vision support.
Business fitStrong choice when you need open weights with enterprise usability and good instruction following.
Capabilities
Open weightsMultilingualVision
Benchmark scores
Composite68 / 100
Coding66 / 100 (HumanEval)
Reasoning68 / 100 (MMLU-Pro)
Long context62 / 100
Vision72 / 100 (MMMU)
Instruction following70 / 100 (IFEval)
Editorial aggregate of published benchmark results as of Apr 1, 2025. These are not independent measurements run by this site.
Change history
No recorded changes for this model yet. Pricing and context are checked daily; changes appear here with dates and sources.
Data
Last checkedJul 19, 2026
Cross-checked againstopenrouter.ai/google/gemma-3-12b-it
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