Google: Gemma 3 12B (free)
Analysis Summary
Google: Gemma 3 12B (free) sits in the Emerging tier on our leaderboard, ranked #476 of 551 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.000 input and $0.000 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a mid-sized context window and supports vision.
Editorial notes
Gemma 3 12B (free) from Google is a zero-cost vision model with modest benchmark scores; useful for experimentation and lightweight tasks where cost is the primary constraint.
Assessed May 5, 2026
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Performance Profile
Gemma 3 introduces multimodality, supporting vision-language input and text outputs. It handles context windows up to 128k tokens, understands over 140 languages, and offers improved math, reasoning, and chat capabilities,..
Capabilities
Architecture Detail
| Instruct Type | gemma |
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
Benchmark Scores
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Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
google/gemma-3-12b-it:free
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| Provider | |
| Release Date | March 13, 2025 |
| Context Length | 32,768 tokens |
| Max Completion | 8,192 tokens |
| Status | Active |
