Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)

Claude Opus 5 (Medium) 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 Opus 5 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
44.80
Total cost
$2732
GoogleGemma 4 12B (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
14.20
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 Opus 5 (Medium)Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)44.814.2−68.3% Gemma 4 12B (Reasonin… is 68.3% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,731.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)13.14s24.01s+82.7% Gemma 4 12B (Reasonin… is 82.7% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.10 / $0.30
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Speech, Video
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