Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
90
Gemma 4 12B
53
Pick Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Reasoning
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Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
Gemma 4 12B
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Pick Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 90 to 53. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 45.1 against 43.4.
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think gives you the larger context window at 2M, compared with 256K for Gemma 4 12B.
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 90 to 53.
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 45.1 versus 43.4. Gemma 4 12B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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