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Gemma 3 12B vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Nemotron 3 Ultra leads Gemma 3 12B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.9 to 3.8, and Gemma 3 12B costs 14.8x less per output token ($0.1625 vs $2.40 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 37 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemma 3 12B Replace Nemotron 3 Ultra
Gemma 3 12BGoogle
Coding
No data
Overall
28.0
Output $/M
$0.1625
0
Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA
Coding
30.0
Overall
53.1
Output $/M
$2.40
37
vs boards won of 37 shared

Gemma 3 12B or Nemotron 3 Ultra: which to pick

Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemma 3 12B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Gemma 3 12B for output tokens 14.8x cheaper ($0.1625 vs $2.40 per million).

Model AGemma 3 12BGoogleNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA30.0/1003 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
37
Gemma 3 12B only
6
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
34
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemma 3 12B not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Ultra 30.0 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 46.3 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
τ²-Bench Telecom: Gemma 3 12B 10.8% against Nemotron 3 Ultra 83.3%, 72.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemma 3 12B $0.1625 against Nemotron 3 Ultra $2.40 per million output tokens, 14.8x apart.
Context window
Gemma 3 12B takes 131K tokens, Nemotron 3 Ultra 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemma 3 12BBarsNemotron 3 UltraTies
Coding05
Intelligence02
Agentic work02
Reasoning06
Math03
Knowledge04
General015
All shared boards037
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index05
Coding benchmarks for Gemma 3 12B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkGemma 3 12BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Coding Index5.849.3Nemotron 3 Ultra
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured86.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured69.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured7.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured4.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured50.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)13.7%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 12B measured
SciCode16.4%40.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)0.8%36.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
FrontierCodeNot measured13.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
WeirdMLNot measured43.5%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: coding12811468Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: software and IT13131468Nemotron 3 Ultra
SciCode0.0%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 12B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemma 3 12B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkGemma 3 12BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Intelligence Index3.822.9Nemotron 3 Ultra
Epoch Capabilities Index123.5146.0Nemotron 3 Ultra
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemma 3 12B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkGemma 3 12BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Agentic Index0.120.1Nemotron 3 Ultra
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured37.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured15.4%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured31.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
τ²-Bench Telecom10.8%83.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
APEX-AgentsNot measured22.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)30.4%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 12B measured
MCP AtlasNot measured63.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemma 3 12B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkGemma 3 12BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured86.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)34.9%86.7%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.2%28.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)39.5%85.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured20.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13091452Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: expert12481472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13181453Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Math benchmarks for Gemma 3 12B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkGemma 3 12BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Math Index18.3Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 12B measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)18.3%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 12B measured
OTIS Mock AIME16.7%86.7%Nemotron 3 Ultra
ProofBenchNot measured2.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: math13071457Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: mathematical work13361461Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemma 3 12B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkGemma 3 12BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
MMLU ProNot measured85.8%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured82.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured65.5%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured73.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured38.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)59.5%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 12B measured
LMArena Text: science13661465Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13341456Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: legal and government13811452Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: business and finance13761434Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Gemma 3 12B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkGemma 3 12BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1145Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1135Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1138Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1141Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1131Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1146Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1069Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1100Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index015
General benchmarks for Gemma 3 12B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkGemma 3 12BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
IFBench36.7%81.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)8.3%79.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
DTBench48.8%90.1%Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMCA4.5%36.9%Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text13341445Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: instruction following12991418Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: creative writing13311399Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: English13491455Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: non-English13181427Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: ChineseNot measured1497Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: German13701472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1384Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: FrenchNot measured1472Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: SpanishNot measured1455Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: Russian13351417Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1385Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn13341411Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: longer queries13171437Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: writing and language13071406Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12971397Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemma 3 12B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkGemma 3 12BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Gemma 3 12B$0.0002Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.0018Fits in one request

Gemma 3 12B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemma 3 12B$0.0042Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.037Fits in one request

Gemma 3 12B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemma 3 12B$0.017Exceeds the context window
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.144Fits in one request

Gemma 3 12B costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Gemma 3 12B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
SpecificationGoogle Gemma 3 12BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra
MakerGoogleNVIDIA
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedMarch 13, 2025June 4, 2026
Context window131K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.075$0.60
Output $/Mtok$0.1625$2.40
Coding indexNot benchmarked30.0
Independent measurements behind it03
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemma 3 12B better than Nemotron 3 Ultra for coding?

Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemma 3 12B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Gemma 3 12B for output tokens 14.8x cheaper ($0.1625 vs $2.40 per million).

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 12B or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Gemma 3 12B costs $0.075 per million input tokens and $0.1625 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.60 and $2.40. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemma 3 12B or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemma 3 12B vs Nemotron 3 Ultra comparison based on?

37 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemma 3 12B's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Nemotron 3 Ultra's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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