Is Google: Gemma 3 12B or Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) cheaper?

Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) is cheaper on output tokens ($0.00 vs $0.15 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Google: Gemma 3 12B or Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)?

Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Google: Gemma 3 12B vs Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)

Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) is cheaper on output tokens, while Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) offers a larger context window. Choose Google: Gemma 3 12B or Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Google: Gemma 3 12B	Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)
Provider	Google	Google
Input / 1M tokens	$0.05	$0.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.15	$0.00
Context window	131K	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	—	—
Released	—	—

Google: Gemma 3 12B details →Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) details →

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