Gemma 3 12B pricing
Gemma 3 introduces multimodality, supporting vision-language input and text outputs. It handles context windows up to 128k tokens, understands over 140 languages, and offers improved math, reasoning, and chat capabilities, including structured outputs and function calling. Gemma 3 12B is the second largest in the family of Gemma 3 models after [Gemma 3 27B](google/gemma-3-27b-it). Below you will find 3 current rows with input and output dollars per million. Right now the lowest input is $0.040 and the lowest output is $0.100.
Pricing across providers
Use this table to read Gemma 3 12B list prices. We show 3 sources right now. Lowest input in the grid: Openrouter. The chart below the table helps when output prices are much higher than input prices.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cached input | Batch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
O Openrouter | $0.040 | $0.130 | — | — |
N Novita | $0.050 | $0.100 | — | — |
D DeepInfra | $0.050 | $0.100 | — | — |
Input vs output · per provider
Cost calculator
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Provider
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Model specifications
Quick spec sheet for Gemma 3 12B before you dive back into pricing. Reported under Google.
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Max output
- 131,072 tokens
- Vision (images)
- Yes
- Tool / function calling
- Yes
- Streaming
- No
- Released
- Mar 2025
- Primary provider
- Model family
- N/A
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Frequently asked questions
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