Model comparison
Gemma 3 12B vs Ring-2.6-1T
Gemma 3 12B has enough public results to be ranked (#262); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
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Ant Group (inclusionAI)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 12B scores higher in 0 categories and Ring-2.6-1T in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Ring-2.6-1T leads 26.1 to 15.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 17.4% for Gemma 3 12B and 42.4% for Ring-2.6-1T.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 12B | Ring-2.6-1T | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Ant Group (inclusionAI) | |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 36.9 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2026-05-14 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Ring-2.6-1T leads
Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.7
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 17.4% | 42.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1281 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 432.57 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 30.4% | — |
Reasoning Ring-2.6-1T leads
Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313), Ring-2.6-1T: 26.1
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 3.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1309 | — |
| DTBench | 48.8% | — |
| LMCA | 4.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.5 | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1307 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 39.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 4.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1248 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: —, Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| MindCube | 46.7% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1318 | — |
| LMArena German | 1370 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1335 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1299 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1317 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1334 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1126 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1334 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 12B better than Ring-2.6-1T?
Gemma 3 12B has enough public results to be ranked (#262); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Gemma 3 12B or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?
Ring-2.6-1T scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 12B and Ring-2.6-1T share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 12B has 24 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.