Model comparison

ERNIE 5.0 0110 vs Gemma 3 12B

ERNIE 5.0 0110 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.0 0110 Baidu

41.8

Rank #129 Confirmed

Gemma 3 12B Google

32.1

Rank #262 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.0 0110 scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 3 12B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads 39.3 to 22.3.
  • Gemma 3 12B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.0 0110 and Gemma 3 12B specifications
ERNIE 5.0 0110Gemma 3 12B
ProviderBaiduGoogle
Noometry Index41.832.1
Released—2025-03-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.05
Output $ / M tokens—$0.15
Results tracked2024

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Category by category

Coding ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 43.0 (#94), Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Coding14551281
SciCode—17.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.0 0110: —, Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Gemma 3 12B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—30.4%

Reasoning ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 17.0 (#297), Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Hard Prompts14451309
NYT Connections (extended)10.3%—
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles—0%
Thematic Generalization41.7%—
DTBench—48.8%
LMCA—4.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—123.5

Math ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.3 (#110), Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Math14371307
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—16.7%

Knowledge ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.8 (#128), Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Expert14281248
GPQA Diamond—39.5%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—4.4%

Multimodal Not comparable

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.9 (#53), Gemma 3 12B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Vision1249—
MindCube—46.7%

Multilingual ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 54.1 (#49), Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Non-English14361318
LMArena German14601370
LMArena Russian14461335
LMArena Chinese1512—
LMArena French1467—
LMArena Japanese1382—
LMArena Korean1406—
LMArena Spanish1473—

Instruction Following ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 74.5 (#92), Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Instruction Following14131299

Long Context ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 43.4 (#95), Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Longer Query14221317

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 63.1 (#66), Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Text14451334
LMArena Creative Writing14261331
LMArena Multi-Turn14341334
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1126

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.0 0110 better than Gemma 3 12B?

ERNIE 5.0 0110 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is ERNIE 5.0 0110 or Gemma 3 12B better for coding?

ERNIE 5.0 0110 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.0 0110 and Gemma 3 12B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.0 0110 has 20 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 12B has 24.

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