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Gemma 3 12B
google/gemma-3-12b-it
tool callingimage input
Gemma 3 12B costs $0.050 per 1M input tokens and $0.150 per 1M output tokens with a 131K-token context window.
A tool-calling model from google, released Mar 13, 2025. LiveBench hasn't published a run for it, so this page carries measured price and specs only — no benchmark numbers.
- Input / 1M
- $0.050
- Output / 1M
- $0.150
- Context
- 131K
- LiveBench overall
- Not evaluated
Specs and pricing
| Input price USD per 1M prompt tokens | $0.050 |
|---|---|
| Output price USD per 1M completion tokens, reasoning included | $0.150 |
| Blended price 3:1 input:output — #24 cheapest of 343 listed models | $0.075 |
| Cached input read Blank means not priced separately — not free | — |
| Cache write | — |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens |
| Max output | 16,384 tokens |
| Input modalities | text, image |
| Tool calling | Yes |
| Extended reasoning | No |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-08-31 |
| Listed | Mar 13, 2025 |
What Gemma 3 12B costs to run
Monthly list cost across five workload shapes, using the published cached-input rate where there is one. A floor, not a quote — batch discounts and cache writes aren't included.
| Workload | Per month |
|---|---|
| Support chatbot 1.2K in / 400 out × 200K requests | $24.00/mo |
| RAG assistant 8K in / 600 out × 100K requests | $49.00/mo |
| Coding agent 40K in / 4K out × 20K requests | $52.00/mo |
| Document extraction 20K in / 1.5K out × 50K requests | $61.25/mo |
| Bulk classification 500 in / 20 out × 5M requests | $140.00/mo |
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Gemma 3 12B FAQ
How much does Gemma 3 12B cost?
Gemma 3 12B lists at $0.050 per 1M input tokens and $0.150 per 1M output tokens. A RAG assistant handling 100K requests a month (8K tokens in, 600 out) comes to about $49.00 at list price.
What is the context window of Gemma 3 12B?
Gemma 3 12B accepts up to 131,072 tokens of context and can return up to 16,384 output tokens per response.
Does Gemma 3 12B support tool calling?
Yes — Gemma 3 12B supports tool (function) calling. It accepts text, image input.
How does Gemma 3 12B score on benchmarks?
LiveBench has not published a run for Gemma 3 12B yet. Until it does, compare it on price and specs, or run your own evaluation on your own tasks.
What is the API model ID for Gemma 3 12B?
On OpenRouter the model ID is "google/gemma-3-12b-it". It was listed on Mar 13, 2025.
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How these numbers are produced
- Price and specs — provider list data from OpenRouter, refreshed every 15 minutes. “Blended” is a 3:1 input:output mix.
- Scores and ranks — LiveBench release 2026-06-25. Ranks count only models that have a published run; a blank means “not evaluated”, never “bad”.
- Cost per point — the measured dollars LiveBench spent on the run, divided by the score it earned.
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