# Gemma 4 12B vs Particle-1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 12B and Particle-1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-12b-vs-particle-1
- Last updated: October 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemma 4 12B and Particle-1 share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

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

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 12B | Particle-1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Particle AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 35.48 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.25 / $1.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 79.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 27.2 (Estimated · #112/156)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 72.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 79.9% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 72.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 51.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 59.8 (#47/58)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ExtractBench (LlamaIndex) | 45.39% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 69.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 79.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 37.7 (Estimated · #123/179)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 78.8% | 90.4% | Particle-1 |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 5.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 90.1 (#28/157)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 77.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemma 4 12B and Particle-1?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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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## Explore More

- [Gemma 4 12B profile](/models/gemma-4-12b)
- [Particle-1 profile](/models/particle-1)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)