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GoogleReleased March 12, 2025Gemma 3 12B
Google · Released March 12, 2025
Intelligence score
6
At a glance
- Intelligence
- 6
- Speed
- —
- Latency
- —
- Input price
- Not published
- Output price
- Not published
- Context window
- 130Ktokens
- Parameters
- 12.2billions
Summary
Comparison summary
Gemma 3 12B Instruct scores 6 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 6).
Specifications
Technical specifications
| Model name | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|
| Provider | |
| Release date | March 12, 2025 |
| Intelligence score | 6 |
| Speed | — |
| Latency (TTFT) | — |
| Input price | Not published |
| Output price | Not published |
| Context window | 130,000 tokens |
| Parameters | 12.2B |
| Reasoning | No |
| Input modalities | text, image |
| Output modalities | — |
| Open weights | Yes |
| License | Gemma license |
| API availability | — |
| Source | Model Intelligence legacy profile: gemma-3-12b |
FAQ · 16
Frequently asked questions
Gemma 3 12B Instruct was released on March 12, 2025.
Gemma 3 12B Instruct was created by Google.
Gemma 3 12B Instruct scores 6 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 6).
When evaluated on the Intelligence Index, Gemma 3 12B Instruct generated 21M output tokens, which is at the higher end compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 9.5M).
No, Gemma 3 12B Instruct is not a reasoning model. It provides direct responses without extended chain-of-thought reasoning.
Gemma 3 12B Instruct supports text and image input.
Gemma 3 12B Instruct supports text output.
Yes, Gemma 3 12B Instruct supports image input and can analyze, describe, and answer questions about images.
Yes, Gemma 3 12B Instruct is multimodal. It can process text and image input and generate text output.
Gemma 3 12B Instruct has a context window of 130k tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
Yes, Gemma 3 12B Instruct is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
Gemma 3 12B Instruct has 12.2 billion parameters.
Gemma 3 12B Instruct is released under the Gemma license license. This license allows commercial use.
Gemma 3 12B Instruct achieves a score of 6 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.
Yes, Gemma 3 12B Instruct is available via API through 5 providers.
Gemma 3 12B Instruct is available through 5 API providers.