# Gemma 4 12B vs ZAYA1-74B-Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 12B and ZAYA1-74B-Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-12b-vs-zaya1-74b-preview
- 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. ZAYA1-74B-Preview 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 45.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 40.4 for Gemma 4 12B and 46.6 for ZAYA1-74B-Preview.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 78.8% and 57.3%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 12B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 46.64 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 7 |
| 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)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #97/183)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: 49.1 (Estimated · #79/183)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 72.0% | 65.7% | Gemma 4 12B |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 53.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | 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)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #138/181)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #107/181)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 78.8% | 57.3% | Gemma 4 12B |
| GPQA-D | 78.8% | 57.3% | Gemma 4 12B |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.2% | 68.1% | Gemma 4 12B |
| HLE w/o tools | 5.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 89.8 (#21/120)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: 56.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 77.5% | 76.4% | Gemma 4 12B |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemma 4 12B or ZAYA1-74B-Preview?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemma 4 12B and ZAYA1-74B-Preview?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 40.4 for Gemma 4 12B and 46.6 for ZAYA1-74B-Preview.

### 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 ZAYA1-74B-Preview cover on BenchLM?

ZAYA1-74B-Preview currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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