Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Gemma 4 12B: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemma 4 12B releases: 3 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 5 models.
- For intelligence, Gemini 3.8 Flash scores highest: Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) at 41, against Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) at 14 for Gemma 4 12B.
- For output speed, Gemini 3.8 Flash is fastest: Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) at 297 t/s, against Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) at 113 t/s for Gemma 4 12B.
Releases compared
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)
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Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indexes
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) |  Google | 41 | 47 | 48 | 52 | 42 | 43 | 52 | $1.24 | $0.6 | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | $1,623 | 71k | 43k | 172M | 297 | 14.26s | 14.26s | 15.94s | 229.94s | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash (medium) | Google | 40 | 45 | 48 | 51 | - | 40 | 50 | $0.93 | $0.6 | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | $1,100 | 53k | 27k | 95M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash (low) | Google | 33 | 39 | 39 | 45 | - | 34 | 46 | - | $0.6 | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) | Google | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.10 | $0.30 | - | - | - | - | - | 113 | 2.36s | 20.11s | 24.55s | - | 12B | 256k | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text |  | |||
| Gemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning) | Google | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.10 | $0.30 | - | - | - | - | - | 110 | 2.31s | 2.31s | 6.86s | - | 12B | 262k | Jun 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | | |||