Gemma 3 12B
Gemma 3 12B is Google's language model with a 128K context window and up to 32K output tokens, starting at $0.15 / 1M input and $0.5 / 1M output. A 12-billion-parameter Gemma 3 open-weight LLM with multimodal vision-language input support.
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.15 | $0.5 | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Gemma 3 12B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 29 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_NV16as_v4 |  Azure | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 32 GB | $0.932/hr | westus2 | |
| Standard_NP10s | Azure | AMD Alveo U250 FPGA (64GB) | 64 GB | $1.65/hr | westus2 | |
| g6e.xlarge |  AWS | L40S | 45 GB | $1.86/hr | us-east-1 | |
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemma 4 31B | — | 256K | $0.140 | $0.400 | Available |
| Gemma 4 26B A4B | — | 256K | $0.130 | $0.400 | Available |
| Gemma 4 12B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 31B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 26B A4B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 E4B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 E2B | — | 128K | $0.040 | $0.080 | Available |
| Gemma 4 E4B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 E2B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 3 12B | — | 128K | $0.150 | $0.500 | Current |