Is Claude Opus 5.5 or Gemma 3 12B IT cheaper?

Gemma 3 12B IT is cheaper on output tokens ($0.29 vs $20.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Claude Opus 5.5 or Gemma 3 12B IT?

Claude Opus 5.5 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Claude Opus 5.5 vs Gemma 3 12B IT

Gemma 3 12B IT is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Opus 5.5 offers a larger context window. Choose Claude Opus 5.5 or Gemma 3 12B IT based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Claude Opus 5.5	Gemma 3 12B IT
Provider	Amazon Bedrock	Amazon Bedrock
Input / 1M tokens	$4.00	$0.09
Output / 1M tokens	$20.00	$0.29
Context window	1M	131K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Sep 2026	Mar 2025

Claude Opus 5.5 details →Gemma 3 12B IT details →

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