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

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Non-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.

GoogleGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Non-reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
6.70
Total cost
-
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.

MetricGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Non-reasoning)Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)6.714.2+111.9% Gemma 4 12B (Reasonin… is 2.1× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reportedNot reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)2.08s24.28s+1067.3% Gemma 4 12B (Reasonin… is 1067.3% 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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