# BTL-3 vs Gemma 4 12B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for BTL-3 and Gemma 4 12B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/btl-3-vs-gemma-4-12b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: BTL-3 and Gemma 4 12B share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- BTL-3 has the larger published context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | BTL-3 | Gemma 4 12B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Bad Theory Labs | Google |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 42.72 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 3 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- BTL-3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 44.9 (Estimated · #87/152)

| Benchmark | BTL-3 | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 88.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- BTL-3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 44 (Estimated · #95/151)

| Benchmark | BTL-3 | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 95.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 88.1% | 72.0% | BTL-3 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- BTL-3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)

| Benchmark | BTL-3 | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 69.1% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 79.7% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- BTL-3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 33.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | BTL-3 | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | Coming soon | 53% | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 43.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- BTL-3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 38.9 (Supported · #141/183)

| Benchmark | BTL-3 | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 5.2% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- BTL-3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 90.1 (#21/123)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- BTL-3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | BTL-3 | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between BTL-3 and Gemma 4 12B?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [BTL-3 vs BTL-4](/compare/btl-3-vs-btl-4)
- [Gemma 4 12B vs BTL-4](/compare/btl-4-vs-gemma-4-12b)
- [BTL-3 vs BTL-4 Compact](/compare/btl-3-vs-btl-4-compact)
- [Gemma 4 12B vs BTL-4 Compact](/compare/btl-4-compact-vs-gemma-4-12b)

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