# Gemma 4 12B vs Trinity-Large-Thinking

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

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

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemma 4 12B and Trinity-Large-Thinking 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.
- Trinity-Large-Thinking has the larger published context window at 512K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 12B | Trinity-Large-Thinking |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Arcee AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 512K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 46.64 | 47.12 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.25 / $0.90 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 47.9 (Estimated · #81/151)
- Trinity-Large-Thinking public-lane score: 41.3 (Estimated · #117/151)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Trinity-Large-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 32.55% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #97/183)
- Trinity-Large-Thinking public-lane score: 28.1 (Supported · #172/183)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Trinity-Large-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 72.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | Coming soon | 63.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)
- Trinity-Large-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Trinity-Large-Thinking | 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 34 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Trinity-Large-Thinking public-lane score: 48.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Trinity-Large-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #138/181)
- Trinity-Large-Thinking public-lane score: 44.1 (Estimated · #121/181)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Trinity-Large-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 78.8% | 76.3% | Gemma 4 12B |
| 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-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 89.8 (#21/120)
- Trinity-Large-Thinking public-lane score: 67.5 (#64/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Trinity-Large-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | Trinity-Large-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 77.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 96.3% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemma 4 12B and Trinity-Large-Thinking?

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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