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Model comparison

Gemma 3 12B vs Gemma 3 1B

Gemma 3 12B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 12B Google

32.1

Rank #262 Confirmed

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 12B scores higher in 3 categories and Gemma 3 1B in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemma 3 12B leads 26.5 to 7.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard: 30.4% for Gemma 3 12B and 7.2% for Gemma 3 1B.

Side by side

Gemma 3 12BGemma 3 1B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index32.121.1
Released2025-03-122025-03-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output8K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.05—
Output $ / M tokens$0.15—
Results tracked244

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGemma 3 1B
SciCode17.4%—
LMArena Coding1281—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemma 3 12B leads

Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108), Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGemma 3 1B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard30.4%7.2%

Reasoning Gemma 3 1B leads

Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313), Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGemma 3 1B
Chess Puzzles0%0%
CritPt0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1309—
DTBench48.8%—
LMCA4.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index123.5—

Math Gemma 3 12B leads

Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279), Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGemma 3 1B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202516.7%1.1%
LMArena Math1307—

Knowledge Gemma 3 12B leads

Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257), Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGemma 3 1B
GPQA Diamond39.5%19.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate4.4%—
LMArena Expert1248—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: —, Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGemma 3 1B
MindCube46.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGemma 3 1B
LMArena Non-English1318—
LMArena German1370—
LMArena Russian1335—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGemma 3 1B
LMArena Instruction Following1299—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGemma 3 1B
LMArena Longer Query1317—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209), Gemma 3 1B: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGemma 3 1B
LMArena Text1334—
LMArena Creative Writing1331—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1126—
LMArena Multi-Turn1334—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 12B better than Gemma 3 1B?

Gemma 3 12B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 12B and Gemma 3 1B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 12B has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 1B has 4.

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