Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs Gemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning)

Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs Gemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Verdict

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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 (Non-reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)44.89.4−79.0% Gemma 4 12B (Non-reas… is 79.0% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,731.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)12.79s6.42s−49.8% Gemma 4 12B (Non-reas… is 49.8% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.10 / $0.30
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Speech, Video
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