Gemma 3 12B
GOOGLE Developer Architecture Profile
Intelligence (ELO)1050Chatbot Arena Verified
Max Context131,072Tokens
API Cost / 1M$0.17Blended Prompt + Completion
Model Capabilities
- Vision
Gemma 3 introduces multimodality, supporting vision-language input and text outputs. It handles context windows up to 128k tokens, understands over 140 languages, and offers improved math, reasoning, and chat capabilities, including structured outputs and function calling. Gemma 3 12B is the second largest in the family of Gemma 3 models after [Gemma 3 27B](google/gemma-3-27b-it)
Granular Pricing Matrix
Input Tokens (Prompt)$0.04 / 1M
Output Tokens (Completion)$0.13 / 1M
Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 3/16/2026
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