Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) vs Grok 4.6 (Medium)

Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) vs Grok 4.6 (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
-
SpaceXAIGrok 4.6 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
42.80
Total cost
$1557
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)Grok 4.6 (Medium)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)14.242.8+201.4% Grok 4.6 (Medium) is 3.0× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$1,557.04— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)24.02s33.09s+37.8% Grok 4.6 (Medium) is 37.8% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.10 / $0.30$2.00 / $6.00
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText, Image
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