Model comparison
Gemma 3 12B vs Gemma 7B
Gemma 3 12B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.8 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 12B scores higher in 5 categories and Gemma 7B in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemma 3 12B leads 45.9 to 25.3.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 12B | Gemma 7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 31.8 | 29.5 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2024-02-21 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 31.2 (#276), Gemma 7B: 29.9 (#290)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1281 | 1048 |
| SciCode | 17.4% | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 28.7% |
| MBPP+ | — | 43.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 25.3 (#101), Gemma 7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 30.4% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 7B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 15.2 (#307), Gemma 7B: 19.0 (#247)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1309 | 1042 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.49 | 111.74 |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 48.8% | — |
| LMCA | 4.5% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 48.7% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 55.1% |
| HellaSwag | — | 82.2% |
| PIQA | — | 81.2% |
| WinoGrande | — | 79% |
Math Gemma 7B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 21.0 (#273), Gemma 7B: 28.7 (#225)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1307 | 1066 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.7% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 46.4% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#250), Gemma 7B: 26.8 (#248)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1248 | 1002 |
| GPQA Diamond | 39.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 4.4% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 78.3% |
| BoolQ | — | 83.2% |
| MMLU | — | 66.1% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 78.6% |
| TriviaQA | — | 72.3% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: —, Gemma 7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| MindCube | 46.7% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 45.9 (#160), Gemma 7B: 25.3 (#282)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1318 | 999 |
| LMArena Russian | 1335 | 993 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1035 |
| LMArena French | — | 1024 |
| LMArena German | 1370 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 68.8 (#179), Gemma 7B: 51.7 (#290)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1299 | 1017 |
Long Context Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#157), Gemma 7B: 31.1 (#277)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1317 | 1022 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 47.7 (#205), Gemma 7B: 27.2 (#297)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1334 | 1056 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1334 | 963 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1126 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 12B better than Gemma 7B?
Gemma 3 12B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.8 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 3 12B or Gemma 7B better for coding?
Gemma 3 12B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.2 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 12B and Gemma 7B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 12B has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 7B has 27.