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Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)

AI model by Google. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.

Pricing (per 1M tokens)

Input$0.10
Output$0.30
Blended (3:1)$0.15

Source: Artificial Analysis

Performance

Output Speed129 tok/s
Time to First Token1360ms

Median values from Artificial Analysis

Editorial Analysis

Profile. Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) is a budget-tier option from Google at $0.30/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on GPQA Diamond (75.3%) and IFBench (73.5%) — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.

Latency. On latency, Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) reports 129 tok/s output speed and 1360ms time-to-first-token. Output speed is in the normal range — most chat and completion applications will be token-bound, not streaming-bound.

Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) costs $0.13 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.

Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-07-24.

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Example Costs

Single Request
$0.0003
1.0K in / 500 out
1K Requests/day
$0.2500
1.0M in / 500.0K out
10K Requests/day
$2.50
10.0M in / 5.0M out