Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
DeepSeek V4 Pro
68
Gemma 4 12B
53
Verified leaderboard positions: DeepSeek V4 Pro #29 · Gemma 4 12B unranked
Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.
Coding
+13.2 difference
Knowledge
+28.4 difference
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Gemma 4 12B
$1.74 / $3.48
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1M
256K
Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.
DeepSeek V4 Pro is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 68 to 53. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Gemma 4 12B is the reasoning model in the pair, while DeepSeek V4 Pro is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. DeepSeek V4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Gemma 4 12B.
DeepSeek V4 Pro is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 68 to 53. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 56.8% and 72%.
Gemma 4 12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 77.8 versus 49.4. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Gemma 4 12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 72 versus 58.8. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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