Noometry

Model comparison

Gemma 3 12B vs Qwen3.7 Flash

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 12B Google

32.1

Rank #262 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

39.9

Rank #156 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 12B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Flash leads 48.9 to 26.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.7% for Gemma 3 12B and 86.7% for Qwen3.7 Flash.
  • Qwen3.7 Flash is cheaper at $0.03 / $0.13 per million input/output tokens, against $0.05 / $0.15 for Gemma 3 12B.
  • Qwen3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
  • Gemma 3 12B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 12BQwen3.7 Flash
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.139.9
Released2025-03-122026-07-15
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K1M
Max output8K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.05$0.03
Output $ / M tokens$0.15$0.13
Results tracked247

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3.7 Flash
SciCode17.4%—
LMArena Coding1281—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3.7 Flash
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard30.4%—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313), Qwen3.7 Flash: 28.2 (#108)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3.7 Flash
Chess Puzzles0%23%
Epoch Capabilities Index123.5144.64
NYT Connections (extended)—43.8%
CritPt0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1309—
Mystery Game Puzzles—15%
DTBench48.8%—
LMCA4.5%—

Math Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279), Qwen3.7 Flash: 38.3 (#140)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3.7 Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202516.7%86.7%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—19.3%
LMArena Math1307—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257), Qwen3.7 Flash: 48.9 (#75)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond39.5%82.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate4.4%—
LMArena Expert1248—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: —, Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3.7 Flash
MindCube46.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1318—
LMArena German1370—
LMArena Russian1335—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1299—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1317—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1334—
LMArena Creative Writing1331—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1126—
LMArena Multi-Turn1334—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 12B better than Qwen3.7 Flash?

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 12B or Qwen3.7 Flash?

Qwen3.7 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.13 per million output tokens; Gemma 3 12B lists at $0.05 and $0.15.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 12B and Qwen3.7 Flash share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 12B has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Flash has 7.

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