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Google · Gemma 4

Gemma 4 12B

Open weightsGenerally availableApache-2.0

Laptop-class dense Gemma 4 with native audio, image and video input in a single encoder-free model.

AA Intelligence
14.2#78 of 142
Price
Self-host
Output speed
115tok/s
Context window
256K tokens

Composite indexes

  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index#78 of 142
    14independentv4.3.2, reasoningArtificial Analysis: Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) ↗
    9independentv4.3.2, non-reasoningArtificial Analysis: Gemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning) ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 58

Coding

  • Terminal-Bench 2.x#77 of 103
    27.3%independentAA run (Terminal-Bench 2.1), reasoningArtificial Analysis: Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) ↗

    Leader: Claude Fable 5.1 at 91.4%

  • LiveCodeBench#22 of 56
    72%vendorLiveCodeBench v6Gemma 4 model card ↗

    Leader: Fugu at 92.9%

Agents and tool use

  • GDPval-AA#81 of 103
    413independentGDPval-AA v2.1, reasoningArtificial Analysis: Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 1846

  • τ²-Bench#54 of 88
    69%vendoraverage over 3 domainsGemma 4 model card ↗
    36.3%independentAA run, telecom, reasoningArtificial Analysis: Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) ↗

    Leader: GLM-5.2 at 99.1%

Reasoning and knowledge

  • GPQA Diamond#88 of 142
    78.8%vendorGemma 4 model card ↗
    75.3%independentAA run, reasoningArtificial Analysis: Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) ↗

    Leader: GPT-6 Astra at 96.1%

  • Humanity’s Last Exam#80 of 147
    15.7%independentAA run, no tools, reasoningArtificial Analysis: Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) ↗
    5.2%vendorno toolsGemma 4 model card ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 61.4%

  • CritPt#96 of 139
    0%independentAA run, reasoningArtificial Analysis: Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) ↗

    Leader: GPT-5.6 Sol at 32.3%

  • MMLU-Pro#10 of 14
    77.2%vendorinstruction-tunedGemma 4 model card ↗

    Leader: Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B at 86.8%

  • AIME 2026#10 of 13
    77.5%vendorno toolsGemma 4 model card ↗

    Leader: ERNIE 5.1 at 99.6%

Vision and long context

  • AA Long Context Reasoning#82 of 139
    63.7%independentAA-LCR v1.1, reasoningArtificial Analysis: Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) ↗

    Leader: Kimi K3 at 88.7%

  • MMMU-Pro#44 of 72
    69.7%independentAA run, reasoningArtificial Analysis: Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) ↗
    69.1%vendorGemma 4 model card ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 87.7%

Other published results

ResultScoreReported bySource
MRCR v2 (8-needle) · 128k average43.4%vendorGemma 4 model card ↗
MMMLU83.4%vendorGemma 4 model card ↗
Codeforces Elo1659 ElovendorGemma 4 model card ↗

Specs

Released
June 3, 2026
Parameters
11.9B
Size class
10 to 40B
Input
text, image, audio, video
Output
text
Context
256K tokens
Max output
Not published
First token
2.40s
  • Speed: Artificial Analysis: Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) (reasoning; median across third-party hosts) ↗

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