Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) vs Llama 4 Maverick

Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) vs Llama 4 Maverick. 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
-
MetaLlama 4 MaverickOff the frontier
Intelligence
9.30
Total cost
$44.0
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)Llama 4 MaverickDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)14.29.3−34.5% Llama 4 Maverick is 34.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$43.98— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)24.02s10.45s−56.5% Llama 4 Maverick is 56.5% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.10 / $0.30$0.25 / $0.92
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText, Image
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