Gemma 4 12B vs Nova 2.0 Lite: Release Comparison

Name: Intelligence
Creator: Artificial Analysis
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Comparison of the Gemma 4 12B and Nova 2.0 Lite releases: 2 and 4 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 6 models.

For intelligence, Gemma 4 12B scores highest: Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) at 14, against Nova 2.0 Lite (High) at 13 for Nova 2.0 Lite.
For output speed, Nova 2.0 Lite is fastest: Nova 2.0 Lite (Medium) at 188 t/s, against Gemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning) at 113 t/s for Gemma 4 12B.

Model Playground

Releases compared


	Gemma 4 12B	Nova 2.0 Lite (high)	Nova 2.0 Lite (medium)	Nova 2.0 Lite (low)	Gemma 4 12B (non-reasoning)	Nova 2.0 Lite (non-reasoning)
Intelligence Index	14*	13*	12*	12*	9*	9*
Finance & Accounting	--	--	--	--	--	--
Strategy & Ops	--	--	--	--	--	--
Legal	--	--	--	--	--	--
Healthcare & Medical	--	--	--	--	--	--
Engineering	--	--	--	--	--	--
Economics	--	--	--	--	--	--
AA-Briefcase v1.1	--	--	--	--	--	--
GDPval-AA v2.1	427	366	--	--	--	--
AutomationBench-AA	--	--	--	--	--	--
Terminal-Bench 4.0	--	--	--	--	--	--
SciCode	--	--	--	--	--	--
Humanity's Last Exam	15.7%	11.6%	9.0%	4.0%	6.3%	2.9%
GDP.pdf	--	--	--	--	--	--
CritPt	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
AA-Omniscience	−53	−55	−57	−54	−53	−60
AA-LCR v1.1	63.7%	60.3%	60.0%	54.3%	35.0%	18.7%

Cost per TaskUSD	--	--	--	--	--	--
Input PriceUSD/1M Tokens	$0.10	$0.30	$0.30	$0.30	$0.10	$0.30
Output PriceUSD/1M Tokens	$0.30	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50	$0.30	$2.50
Cache Hit PriceUSD/1M Tokens	--	--	--	--	--	--
Cache Write PriceUSD/1M Tokens	--	--	--	--	--	--

Output SpeedTokens/s	111	188	188	174	113	174
Time to First Tokens	2.43	17.58	19.11	10.65	2.48	1.06
Time to First Answer Tokens	20.48	28.24	29.73	22.11	2.48	1.06
End-to-End Response Times	24.99	30.91	32.39	24.98	6.88	3.93
Time per Tasks	--	--	--	--	--	--

Context Window	262k	1M	1M	1M	262k	1M
Creator	Google	Amazon	Amazon	Amazon	Google	Amazon
License	Open	Proprietary	Proprietary	Proprietary	Open	Proprietary
Input Modality	Supports: text, image, speech, and video	Supports: text and image	Supports: text and image	Supports: text and image	Supports: text, image, speech, and video	Supports: text and image
Output Modality	Supports: text	Supports: text	Supports: text	Supports: text	Supports: text	Supports: text
Providers

* Estimated

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better

No data available

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2 incorporates 10 evaluations: AA-Briefcase v1.1, GDPval-AA v2.1, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GDP.pdf, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR v1.1

Estimate (independent evaluation forthcoming)

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2 includes: AA-Briefcase v1.1, GDPval-AA v2.1, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GDP.pdf, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR v1.1. See Intelligence Index methodology for further details, including a breakdown of each evaluation and how we run them.

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task

Most attractive quadrant

Pareto line

AA-Briefcase v1.1

GDPval-AA v2.1

Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)

Weighted average cost per Intelligence Index task. Each evaluation’s cost is calculated from input, cache hit, cache write, reasoning, and answer token prices, divided by task count, and weighted by its Intelligence Index weight.

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better

Speed & Latency

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better

Tokens per second received while the model is generating tokens (ie. after first chunk has been received from the API for models which support streaming).

Figures represent performance of the model's first-party API or the median across providers where a first-party API is not available.

Capability Scores

Capability Indexes

Measures the performance of models on specific capabilities and industries

Finance & Accounting Index

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

Strategy & Ops Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-Omniscience, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Legal Index

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

Healthcare & Medical Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Engineering Index

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

Economics Index

Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better

Gemma 4 12B vs Nova 2.0 Lite: Release Comparison

Intelligence

Speed

Cost per Task

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Speed & Latency

Output Speed

Output Speed

Model Performance Representation

Capability Scores

Capability Indexes