Model comparison

Gemini Advanced 0514 vs Gemma 3 12B

Gemini Advanced 0514 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemini Advanced 0514 Google

37.7

Rank #197 Confirmed

Gemma 3 12B Google

32.1

Rank #262 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini Advanced 0514 scores higher in 5 categories and Gemma 3 12B in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini Advanced 0514 leads 35.5 to 22.3.
  • Gemma 3 12B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini Advanced 0514 and Gemma 3 12B specifications
Gemini Advanced 0514Gemma 3 12B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index37.732.1
Released—2025-03-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.05
Output $ / M tokens—$0.15
Results tracked1724

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Category by category

Coding Gemini Advanced 0514 leads

Gemini Advanced 0514: 36.6 (#205), Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini Advanced 0514Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Coding12551281
SciCode—17.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini Advanced 0514: —, Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini Advanced 0514Gemma 3 12B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—30.4%

Reasoning Gemini Advanced 0514 leads

Gemini Advanced 0514: 24.6 (#160), Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini Advanced 0514Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Hard Prompts12481309
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles—0%
DTBench—48.8%
LMCA—4.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—123.5

Math Gemini Advanced 0514 leads

Gemini Advanced 0514: 35.5 (#181), Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini Advanced 0514Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Math12721307
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—16.7%

Knowledge Gemini Advanced 0514 leads

Gemini Advanced 0514: 33.3 (#205), Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini Advanced 0514Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Expert12151248
GPQA Diamond—39.5%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—4.4%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini Advanced 0514: —, Gemma 3 12B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini Advanced 0514Gemma 3 12B
MindCube—46.7%

Multilingual Gemma 3 12B leads

Gemini Advanced 0514: 42.6 (#192), Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini Advanced 0514Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Non-English12741318
LMArena German12751370
LMArena Russian12831335
LMArena Chinese1274—
LMArena French1307—
LMArena Japanese1242—
LMArena Korean1232—
LMArena Spanish1242—

Instruction Following Gemma 3 12B leads

Gemini Advanced 0514: 66.0 (#212), Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini Advanced 0514Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Instruction Following12531299

Long Context Gemma 3 12B leads

Gemini Advanced 0514: 38.0 (#207), Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini Advanced 0514Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Longer Query12531317

Writing & Preference Gemini Advanced 0514 leads

Gemini Advanced 0514: 48.5 (#200), Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini Advanced 0514Gemma 3 12B
LMArena Text12791334
LMArena Creative Writing12841331
LMArena Multi-Turn12691334
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1126

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini Advanced 0514 better than Gemma 3 12B?

Gemini Advanced 0514 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini Advanced 0514 or Gemma 3 12B better for coding?

Gemini Advanced 0514 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini Advanced 0514 and Gemma 3 12B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini Advanced 0514 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 12B has 24.

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