Model comparison
Gemma 3 12B vs Llama 4 Scout
Gemma 3 12B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 12B scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 4 Scout in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where Gemma 3 12B leads 40.0 to 27.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 39.5% for Gemma 3 12B and 51.8% for Llama 4 Scout.
- Gemma 3 12B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.10 / $0.30 for Llama 4 Scout.
- Gemma 3 12B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 12B | Llama 4 Scout | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 27.7 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2025-04-05 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 128K |
| Max output | 8K | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.30 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 43 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280), Llama 4 Scout: 20.2 (#339)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 17.4% | 17% |
| LMArena Coding | 1281 | 1286 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 9.1% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 43.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call
Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108), Llama 4 Scout: 24.6 (#119)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 30.4% | 28.1% |
Reasoning Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313), Llama 4 Scout: 9.1 (#345)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1309 | 1266 |
| DTBench | 48.8% | 57.9% |
| LMCA | 4.5% | 12% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.5 | 129.64 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 36.9% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 0.5% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.5 |
Math Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279), Llama 4 Scout: 19.6 (#286)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.7% | 7.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1307 | 1287 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 37.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 62.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Llama 4 Scout leads
Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257), Llama 4 Scout: 31.9 (#217)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 39.5% | 51.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 4.4% | 7.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1248 | 1235 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 74.2% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 50.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: —, Llama 4 Scout: 32.2 (#102)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1118 |
| MindCube | 46.7% | — |
| SpatialViz-Bench | — | 34.2% |
Multilingual Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165), Llama 4 Scout: 41.0 (#212)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1318 | 1252 |
| LMArena German | 1370 | 1272 |
| LMArena Russian | 1335 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1255 |
| LMArena French | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1207 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1278 |
Instruction Following Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186), Llama 4 Scout: 65.8 (#217)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1299 | 1248 |
| IFEval | — | 81.8% |
Long Context Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162), Llama 4 Scout: 27.5 (#294)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1317 | 1265 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 36% |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209), Llama 4 Scout: 37.0 (#261)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1334 | 1279 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | 1249 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1126 | 783 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1334 | 1280 |
| WildBench | — | 78% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 12B better than Llama 4 Scout?
Gemma 3 12B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 12B or Llama 4 Scout?
Gemma 3 12B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Llama 4 Scout lists at $0.10 and $0.30.
Is Gemma 3 12B or Llama 4 Scout better for coding?
Gemma 3 12B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.7 versus 20.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemma 3 12B does, with 131K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 12B and Llama 4 Scout share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 12B has 24 scored results on Noometry and Llama 4 Scout has 43.