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

Claude Fable 5.2 (Max, 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 (Max, Default Fallback)On the frontier
Intelligence
64.60
Total cost
$22191
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 (Max, Default Fallback)Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)64.6Not reported— not comparable
Total AA cost (lower is better)$22,191.42Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)258.66s23.96s−90.7% Gemma 4 12B (Reasonin… is 90.7% 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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