Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 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 3.5 Flash-LiteOff the frontier
Intelligence
22.20
Total cost
$366
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 3.5 Flash-LiteGemma 4 12B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)22.214.2−36.0% Gemma 4 12B (Reasonin… is 36.0% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$365.63Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)8.69s24.15s+177.9% Gemma 4 12B (Reasonin… is 177.9% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.30 / $2.50$0.10 / $0.30
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText, Image, Speech, Video
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