# Gemini 3 Pro vs Gemma 4 12B

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemini 3 Pro and Gemma 4 12B share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 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 Pro has the larger published context window at 2M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3 Pro | Gemma 4 12B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 2M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 67.23 | 46.64 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $12.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 59.7 (Estimated · #30/151)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 47.9 (Estimated · #81/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 63.23% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 11.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 60.9 (Estimated · #21/183)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #97/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 14.30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 72.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 74.2 (#17/48)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 81% | 69.1% | Gemini 3 Pro |
| MathVision | 86.6% | 79.7% | Gemini 3 Pro |
| VideoMMMU | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 81.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 88.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 36.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 34 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 31.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BBH | Coming soon | 53% | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 43.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 65.3 (Estimated · #25/181)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #138/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | 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
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 85.8 (#38/120)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 89.8 (#21/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 55.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 37.600% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 18.750% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemini 3 Pro and Gemma 4 12B?

Not yet. The models share only 2 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.

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