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

Claude Opus 5 (Max) 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.

AnthropicClaude Opus 5 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
50.80
Total cost
$7275
GoogleGemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
9.40
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 (Max)Gemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)50.89.4−81.5% Gemma 4 12B (Non-reas… is 81.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$7,274.74Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)50.36s6.40s−87.3% Gemma 4 12B (Non-reas… is 87.3% 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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