Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning) vs Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning) 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.

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.

MetricGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning)Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)8.514.2+67.1% Gemma 4 12B (Reasonin… is 67.1% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reportedNot reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)15.49s24.01s+55.0% Gemma 4 12B (Reasonin… is 55.0% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.10 / $0.40$0.10 / $0.30
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText, Image, Speech, Video
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