# Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Gemma 4 12B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash and Gemma 4 12B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-gemma-4-12b
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemini 3.5 Flash and Gemma 4 12B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 4 12B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 70 | 46.64 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $9.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 50.6 (Supported · #61/151)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 47.9 (Estimated · #81/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 56.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | 57.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 57.7 (Supported · #34/183)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #97/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 48.68% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 72.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 86.9 (#6/48)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 83.6% | 69.1% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 79.7% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 60.3 (#17/22)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 34 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 77.3% | 43.4% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| MRCR 1M | 26.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BBH | Coming soon | 53% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 68.5 (Supported · #19/181)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #138/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 92.7% | 78.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| HLE | 40.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 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
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 86.9 (#34/120)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 89.8 (#21/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 55.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 38.966% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 14.583% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemini 3.5 Flash and Gemma 4 12B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, 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

- [Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber](/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-gemini-3-5-flash-cyber)
- [Gemma 4 12B vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber](/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-cyber-vs-gemma-4-12b)
- [Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Gemma 4 31B](/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-gemma-4-31b)
- [Gemma 4 12B vs Gemma 4 31B](/compare/gemma-4-12b-vs-gemma-4-31b)

## Explore More

- [Gemini 3.5 Flash profile](/models/gemini-3-5-flash)
- [Gemma 4 12B profile](/models/gemma-4-12b)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)