Gemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning) vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

Gemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning) vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
9.40
Total cost
-
NVIDIANemotron 3.5 LightningOff the frontier
Intelligence
12.90
Total cost
$92.8
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.

MetricGemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning)Nemotron 3.5 LightningDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)9.412.9+37.2% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 37.2% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$92.76— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)6.42s8.97s+39.7% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 39.7% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.10 / $0.30$0.06 / $0.20
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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