Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Gemma 3 12B IT cheaper?

Gemma 3 12B IT is cheaper on output tokens ($0.56 vs $15.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Gemma 3 12B IT?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemma 3 12B IT

Gemma 3 12B IT is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Sonnet 4.6 offers a larger context window. Choose Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Gemma 3 12B IT based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Claude Sonnet 4.6	Gemma 3 12B IT
Provider	Cloudflare AI Gateway	Cloudflare AI Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$3.00	$0.35
Output / 1M tokens	$15.00	$0.56
Context window	1M	128K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Feb 2026	Apr 2025

Claude Sonnet 4.6 details →Gemma 3 12B IT details →

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