# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemma 4 12B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 4 12B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-6-flash-vs-gemma-4-12b
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 4 12B.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 4 12B do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Gemma 4 12B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 70.11 | 46.65 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $7.50 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 50.7 (Supported · #60/151)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 47.9 (Estimated · #81/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OSWorld-Verified | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 58.9 (Supported · #30/183)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #97/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| deepSwe | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 53.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 72.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 82.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | 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
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 77.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 34 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | Coming soon | 53% | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 43.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 68.6 (Supported · #18/181)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 40.6 (Supported · #138/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 89.8 (#21/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 4 12B on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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- [Gemma 4 12B vs Gemma 4 26B A4B](/compare/gemma-4-12b-vs-gemma-4-26b-a4b)

## Explore More

- [Gemini 3.6 Flash profile](/models/gemini-3-6-flash)
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