Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Gemma 3 12B

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 12B costs 20× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Gemma 3 12B Google

32.1

Rank #262 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Gemma 3 12B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 15.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 97.2% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 16.7% for Gemma 3 12B.
  • Gemma 3 12B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
  • Gemma 3 12B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 12B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index59.832.1
Released2026-08-132025-03-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M131K
Max output66K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.05
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$0.15
Results tracked4424

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 12B
SciCode59.8%17.4%
LMArena Coding14971281
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 12B
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—30.4%
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 12B
CritPt14.3%0%
Chess Puzzles47%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941309
DTBench96.8%48.8%
LMCA50.4%4.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27123.5
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 12B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%16.7%
LMArena Math15071307
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
ProofBench58%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 12B
GPQA Diamond94.8%39.5%
LMArena Expert15081248
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—4.4%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Gemma 3 12B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 12B
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
MindCube—46.7%

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 12B
LMArena Non-English14841318
LMArena German14981370
LMArena Russian15161335
LMArena Chinese1548—
LMArena French1505—
LMArena Japanese1512—
LMArena Korean1483—
LMArena Spanish1503—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 12B
LMArena Instruction Following14831299

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 12B
LMArena Longer Query14921317

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 12B
LMArena Text14861334
LMArena Creative Writing14901331
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17231126
LMArena Multi-Turn14891334

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Gemma 3 12B?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 12B costs 20× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Gemma 3 12B?

Gemma 3 12B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Gemma 3 12B better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Gemma 3 12B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 12B has 24.

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