Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemma 4 12B
53
Nemotron 3 Ultra
63
Verified leaderboard positions: Gemma 4 12B unranked · Nemotron 3 Ultra #24
Pick Nemotron 3 Ultra if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Coding
+2.2 difference
Reasoning
+18.5 difference
Knowledge
+15.2 difference
Gemma 4 12B
Nemotron 3 Ultra
N/A
$0 / $0
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
256K
1M
Pick Nemotron 3 Ultra if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Nemotron 3 Ultra is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 63 to 53. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Nemotron 3 Ultra's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 61.9 against 43.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 72% to 89%. Gemma 4 12B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
Nemotron 3 Ultra gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Gemma 4 12B.
Nemotron 3 Ultra is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 63 to 53. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 72% and 89%.
Gemma 4 12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 77.8 versus 62.6. Inside this category, HLE w/o tools is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Nemotron 3 Ultra has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 74.2 versus 72. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Nemotron 3 Ultra has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 61.9 versus 43.4. Gemma 4 12B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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