Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Gemma 3 12B
Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 6 categories and Gemma 3 12B in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.0 Pro leads 37.1 to 21.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 65.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 39.5% for Gemma 3 12B.
- Gemma 3 12B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 3 12B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 38.6 | 31.8 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2025-03-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.4 (#182), Gemma 3 12B: 31.2 (#276)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 35.6% | — |
| SciCode | — | 17.4% |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1281 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Gemma 3 12B: 25.3 (#101)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 30.4% |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 21.6 (#194), Gemma 3 12B: 15.2 (#307)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.06 | 123.49 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| EnigmaEval | 0.7% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 60.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1309 |
| DTBench | — | 48.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 68% | — |
| LMCA | — | 4.5% |
| LiveBench | 65.1% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.1 (#101), Gemma 3 12B: 21.0 (#273)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 71% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1307 |
| MATH Level 5 | 83.5% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#156), Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#250)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 65.7% | 39.5% |
| Confabulations | 18.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1248 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Gemma 3 12B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| MindCube | — | 46.7% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Gemma 3 12B: 45.9 (#160)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1318 |
| LMArena German | — | 1370 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1335 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.6 (#57), Gemma 3 12B: 68.8 (#179)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 83.4% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1299 |
Long Context Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.1 (#287), Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#157)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 41.7% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1317 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#164), Gemma 3 12B: 47.7 (#205)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1334 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1331 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1126 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1334 |
| LiveBench Language | 44.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Gemma 3 12B?
Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Gemma 3 12B better for coding?
Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.4 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Gemma 3 12B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 12B has 24.