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Gemma 3 12B API pricing.

Gemma 3 12B is Google’s model on the API market, released 13 Mar 2025. Prices are per million tokens in USD, as last read from the price list.

$0.050Input / 1M
$0.15Output / 1M
131KContext
16KMax output
Capability scores
Epoch AI
Epoch Capabilities Index
124
Range 117 to 128 · #185 of 271 models Epoch has scored

The index combines many benchmarks into one general-capability score; the range is how sure Epoch is of the number. Each area score is this site's average of the model's Epoch results in that area, where 0 is what guessing would score and 100 is perfect. Compare every model, and value for money →

Source: Epoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (licensed CC BY 4.0). Data refreshed 2 November 2026. These are Epoch's own tests; other benchmark sites can rank models differently.

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Models within 5 points of Gemma 3 12B on Epoch's Capabilities Index that cost less, comparing a typical chat mix (three parts input to one part output). A few points of index is a small difference and says nothing about your task: a place to start testing, not a verdict. Capability against price for every model.

Specification
USD per million tokens
Provider
Google
Model id
google/gemma-3-12b-it
Input
$0.050
Output
$0.15
Cached input
Not published
Context window
131K tokens
Maximum output
16K tokens
Takes
text, image
Returns
text
Tool use
Yes
Reasoning
Not reported
Released
13 Mar 2025
First tracked
17 Sept 2026

At $0.050 per million input tokens, Gemma 3 12B is dearer than 19 of the 340 models on the price list.

Price changes
Tracked since 17 Sept 2026

No price change has been recorded since tracking began on 17 Sept 2026. Prices are checked every six hours, and any change is listed here and on model changes.

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Prices and specifications come from OpenRouter’s catalogue, last read 2 Nov 2026. A provider’s own price may differ; how this is collected.