# Gemma 4 E2B vs Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 E2B and Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-e2b-vs-mellum2-12b-a2-5b-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 E2B and Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-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.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 E2B | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | JetBrains |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 41.94 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 2 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 45.3 (Estimated · #94/151)
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: 48.3 (Estimated · #76/151)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 E2B | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 45.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 40.8 (Estimated · #138/183)
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 E2B | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 69.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 25.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 33.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 37.7 (Estimated · #149/181)
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: 48.8 (Estimated · #96/181)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 E2B | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 43.4% | 57.6% | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 57.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 43.8 (#95/120)
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 E2B | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 76.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemma 4 E2B and Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-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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