# Gemma 4 12B vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemma 4 12B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Ultra only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Gemma 4 12B leads overall 46.64 to 40.67.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 47.9 for Gemma 4 12B and 22.2 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE w/o tools in Knowledge, with scores of 5.2% and 26.7%.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 12B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 46.64 | 40.67 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 47.9 (Estimated · #81/151)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 22.2 (Supported · #150/151)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 56.4% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 44.4% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 37.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 50.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #97/183)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 26.9 (Supported · #174/183)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 72.0% | 89.0% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 71.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 44.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 56.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 69.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon

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

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 34 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 48.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 3.1% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 61.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #138/181)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 45.6 (Estimated · #114/181)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 78.8% | 87% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| GPQA-D | 78.8% | 87.0% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.2% | 86.8% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| HLE w/o tools | 5.2% | 26.7% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| MMMLU | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 26.7% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 89.8 (#21/120)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 88.7 (#28/120)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 47.4 (#7/12)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 83% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon

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

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemma 4 12B or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Gemma 4 12B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemma 4 12B and Nemotron 3 Ultra?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 47.9 for Gemma 4 12B and 22.2 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.

### 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 Nemotron 3 Ultra cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3 Ultra currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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