Model comparison
Gemma 3 12B vs GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 12B costs 267× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Astra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 12B scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-6 Astra in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Astra leads 93.5 to 22.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.7% for Gemma 3 12B and 100% for GPT-6 Astra.
- Gemma 3 12B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for GPT-6 Astra.
- GPT-6 Astra accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
- Gemma 3 12B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 12B | GPT-6 Astra | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 70.8 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2026-09-03 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 8K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | $10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $50 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 56 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-6 Astra leads
Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280), GPT-6 Astra: 73.7 (#2)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 17.4% | 56.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1281 | 1487 |
| DeepSWE | — | 74.1% |
| FrontierCode | — | 53.3% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1786 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 65.5% |
| GSO | — | 79.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 93.6% |
| MirrorCode | — | 46.7% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 2,951 |
Agentic & Tool Use GPT-6 Astra leads
Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108), GPT-6 Astra: 52.9 (#3)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 64.7% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 30.4% | — |
| Remote Labor Index | — | 20.8% |
| BALROG | — | 68.3% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 34.2% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 15,515 |
Reasoning GPT-6 Astra leads
Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313), GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 31.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 72% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1309 | 1462 |
| DTBench | 48.8% | 97.3% |
| LMCA | 4.5% | 64.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.5 | 166.45 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 95% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 98.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 98.5% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 76.2% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 84% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.14 |
Math GPT-6 Astra leads
Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279), GPT-6 Astra: 93.5 (#2)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.7% | 100% |
| LMArena Math | 1307 | 1465 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 93.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 97.6% |
| ProofBench | — | 99% |
| FrontierMath Erdős | — | 2.9% |
Knowledge GPT-6 Astra leads
Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257), GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 39.5% | 95.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 4.4% | 8.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1248 | 1483 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 54.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 75.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: —, GPT-6 Astra: 55.0 (#3)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1281 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 49.7% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 80% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1468 |
| MindCube | 46.7% | — |
Multilingual GPT-6 Astra leads
Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165), GPT-6 Astra: 53.7 (#61)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1318 | 1430 |
| LMArena German | 1370 | 1440 |
| LMArena Russian | 1335 | 1436 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1484 |
| LMArena French | — | 1456 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1379 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1426 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1407 |
Instruction Following GPT-6 Astra leads
Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186), GPT-6 Astra: 76.3 (#44)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1299 | 1450 |
Long Context GPT-6 Astra leads
Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162), GPT-6 Astra: 44.5 (#62)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1317 | 1456 |
Writing & Preference GPT-6 Astra leads
Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209), GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#7)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1334 | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | 1418 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1126 | 2173 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1334 | 1448 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 12B better than GPT-6 Astra?
GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 12B costs 267× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Astra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 12B or GPT-6 Astra?
Gemma 3 12B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; GPT-6 Astra lists at $10 and $50.
Is Gemma 3 12B or GPT-6 Astra better for coding?
GPT-6 Astra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 73.7 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-6 Astra does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 12B and GPT-6 Astra share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 12B has 24 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6 Astra has 56.