Model comparison
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 vs Gemma 3 12B
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 scores higher in 6 categories and Gemma 3 12B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 leads 27.3 to 15.7.
- Gemma 3 12B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Gemma 3 12B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 41.9 | 32.1 |
| Released | — | 2025-03-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 40.2 (#145), Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | 1281 |
| SciCode | — | 17.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: —, Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 30.4% |
Reasoning Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 27.3 (#120), Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1356 | 1309 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 48.8% |
| LMCA | — | 4.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 123.5 |
Math Not comparable
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: —, Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.7% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1307 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: —, Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 39.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1248 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: —, Gemma 3 12B: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| MindCube | — | 46.7% |
Multilingual Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 47.3 (#150), Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1340 | 1318 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1341 | — |
| LMArena German | — | 1370 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1335 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 69.4 (#172), Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1315 | 1299 |
Long Context Too close to call
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 40.5 (#152), Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | 1317 |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 54.7 (#149), Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1364 | 1334 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1307 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | 1334 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1126 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 better than Gemma 3 12B?
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 or Gemma 3 12B better for coding?
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.2 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 and Gemma 3 12B share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 has 9 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 12B has 24.