Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemma 4 12B
53
ZAYA1-74B-Preview
54
Pick ZAYA1-74B-Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.
Coding
+18.8 difference
Knowledge
+13.5 difference
Gemma 4 12B
ZAYA1-74B-Preview
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$0 / $0
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256K
256K
Pick ZAYA1-74B-Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.
ZAYA1-74B-Preview finishes one point ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 54 to 53. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.
ZAYA1-74B-Preview is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 54 to 53. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 78.8% and 57.3%.
Gemma 4 12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 77.8 versus 64.3. 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 53.2. ZAYA1-74B-Preview stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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