Noometry

Model comparison

Gemma 3 12B vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 12B costs 3.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Coder Next's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 12B Google

32.1

Rank #262 Confirmed

Qwen3 Coder Next Alibaba (Qwen)

34.3

Rank #232 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 12B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Coder Next in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3 Coder Next leads 22.4 to 15.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 17.4% for Gemma 3 12B and 32.3% for Qwen3 Coder Next.
  • Gemma 3 12B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.12 / $0.80 for Qwen3 Coder Next.
  • Qwen3 Coder Next accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Gemma 3 12BQwen3 Coder Next
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.134.3
Released2025-03-122026-02-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K262K
Max output8K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.05$0.12
Output $ / M tokens$0.15$0.80
Results tracked243

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads

Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3 Coder Next
SciCode17.4%32.3%
WeirdML—34.4%
LMArena Coding1281—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3 Coder Next
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard30.4%—

Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads

Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3 Coder Next
CritPt0%0%
Chess Puzzles0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1309—
DTBench48.8%—
LMCA4.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index123.5—

Math Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3 Coder Next
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202516.7%—
LMArena Math1307—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3 Coder Next
GPQA Diamond39.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate4.4%—
LMArena Expert1248—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: —, Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3 Coder Next
MindCube46.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Non-English1318—
LMArena German1370—
LMArena Russian1335—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Instruction Following1299—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Longer Query1317—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Text1334—
LMArena Creative Writing1331—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1126—
LMArena Multi-Turn1334—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 12B better than Qwen3 Coder Next?

Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 12B costs 3.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Coder Next's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 12B or Qwen3 Coder Next?

Gemma 3 12B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder Next lists at $0.12 and $0.80.

Is Gemma 3 12B or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?

Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.3 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3 Coder Next does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 12B and Qwen3 Coder Next share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 12B has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.

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