Claude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback) vs Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)

Claude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback) vs Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback)Off the frontier
Intelligence
53.90
Total cost
$2862
GoogleGemma 4 12B (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
-
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback)Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)53.9Not reported— not comparable
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,861.78Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)24.94s23.96s−3.9% Gemma 4 12B (Reasonin… is 3.9% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$8.00 / $40.0$0.10 / $0.30
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Speech, Video
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