Data points: 38
Model compare
The readout for Gemma 3 12B and GPT-4o, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: GPT-4o. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
GPT-4o
GPT-4o has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 33.3 to 66.7.
Evidence depth
38 data points
Includes 0 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 2 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with GPT-4o
The charts below split 2 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for Gemma 3 12B and GPT-4o: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | Gemma 3 12B | GPT-4o |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Contender | Leading |
| Weighted overall score | 33.3 pts | 66.7 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 0 categories | 0 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price | Free providers, Provider coverage |
| Context window | 131.1K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Max output | 16.4K tokens | 16.4K tokens |
| Modalities | Input TextImage Output Text | Input |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | Gemma 3 12B | GPT-4o |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI | |
| Released | Mar 2025 | Nov 2024 |
| Parameters | 12B | No data |
| Tokenizer | Gemini | GPT |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-08-31 | 2023-10-31 |
| OpenRouter ID | google/gemma-3-12b-it | openai/gpt-4o |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Gemma 3 12B and GPT-4o: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
Gemma 3 12B
Gemma 3 12B has these operational advantages: Cheapest input price.
GPT-4o
GPT-4o has these operational advantages: Free providers, Provider coverage.
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
Gemma 3 12B
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Avg. score
GPT-4o
43.2
GPT-4o
GPT-4o
GPT-4o
GPT-4o
GPT-4o
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GPT-4o
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
No shared professional benchmark scores are available yet.
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Gemma 3 12B | GPT-4o |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Gemma 3 12B | GPT-4o |
|---|---|---|
0 tests | Gemma 3 12B speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-4o speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Gemma 3 12B gemma-3-12b-it speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output $0/M/$0/M | GPT-4o gpt-4o speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output $0/M |
Weighted outcome: GPT-4o. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Output
| Features | Text inputImage inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON mode | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeWeb search |
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