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Gemma 3 12B IT
google·google/gemma-3-12b-it·GA·Open weights·gemma series
Open Gemma instruction model for efficient chat and self-hosted deployments
At a glance
Reference price$0.272 / $0.272 per 1M
Cache read $0.136 · NanoGPT
Lowest paid$0.272 / $0.272
NanoGPT Gateway
1 more $0 channels
Context128,000
⚠ Providers report 128,000–131,072; the table below is authoritative
Output limit131,072
Capabilities
Reasoning✓ Tool useStructured output✓ Temperature✓ Attachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
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Released / updated2025-03-12 / 2025-03-12
Quality & performance
Artificial Analysis doesn't cover this model (267 of 2059 have data). Quality data comes from independent evals covering widely used models.
Available at 2 providers1 with public prices · 1 free
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1NanoGPT$51.68
1 more channels offer $0 (Nvidia); free tiers usually have rate limits and no SLA, excluded from ranking.
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
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