Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) vs GPT-5 (Medium)

Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) vs GPT-5 (Medium). 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 (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
14.20
Total cost
-
OpenAIGPT-5 (Medium)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
22.90
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.

MetricGemma 4 12B (Reasoning)GPT-5 (Medium)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)14.222.9+61.3% GPT-5 (Medium) is 61.3% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reportedNot reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)24.01s27.13s+13.0% GPT-5 (Medium) is 13.0% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.10 / $0.30$1.25 / $10.0
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText, Image
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