# Gemma 4 12B vs GPT-5.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 12B and GPT-5.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.5 leads overall 73.27 to 46.64.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 26.1 for Gemma 4 12B and 71.3 for GPT-5.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE w/o tools in Knowledge, with scores of 5.2% and 41.4%.
- GPT-5.5 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 12B | GPT-5.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 46.64 | 73.27 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 38 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $5.00 / $30.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 47.9 (Estimated · #81/151)
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 63.9 (Supported · #15/151)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GPT-5.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 82% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 81.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 84.4% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 78.7% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 75.3% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 55.6% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 98% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 72.93% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 17.0% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 13.0% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 42.7% | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | Coming soon | 13.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 76.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #97/183)
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 67.7 (Supported · #8/183)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GPT-5.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 72.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 58.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 82.0% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 69.85% | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | Coming soon | 59.2% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | Coming soon | 58.4% | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | Coming soon | 43.0% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 71.3 (#19/48)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GPT-5.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 69.1% | 81.2% | GPT-5.5 |
| MathVision | 79.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 83.2% | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 54.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 34 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 63.5 (#15/22)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GPT-5.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR v2 64K-128K | Coming soon | 83.1% | Coming soon |
| MRCR v2 128K-256K | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 0.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GPT-5.5
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #138/181)
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 73.3 (Supported · #7/181)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GPT-5.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 78.8% | 93.6% | GPT-5.5 |
| GPQA-D | 78.8% | 93.6% | GPT-5.5 |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 5.2% | 41.4% | GPT-5.5 |
| MMMLU | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 52.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 93.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 89.8 (#21/120)
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 92.9 (#7/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 69.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GPT-5.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 77.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath (legacy) | Coming soon | 51.7% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 51.700% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 35.400% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemma 4 12B or GPT-5.5?

GPT-5.5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemma 4 12B and GPT-5.5?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 26.1 for Gemma 4 12B and 71.3 for GPT-5.5.

### How many benchmarks does Gemma 4 12B cover on BenchLM?

Gemma 4 12B currently has 12 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.5 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.5 currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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