Is Gemma 4 12B Instruct or Llama-xLAM-2 70B fc-r cheaper?

Gemma 4 12B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.25 vs $2.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Gemma 4 12B Instruct or Llama-xLAM-2 70B fc-r?

Gemma 4 12B Instruct has the larger context window (131K tokens).

Gemma 4 12B Instruct vs Llama-xLAM-2 70B fc-r

Gemma 4 12B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Gemma 4 12B Instruct offers a larger context window. Choose Gemma 4 12B Instruct or Llama-xLAM-2 70B fc-r based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Gemma 4 12B Instruct	Llama-xLAM-2 70B fc-r
Provider	NanoGPT	NanoGPT
Input / 1M tokens	$0.05	$2.50
Output / 1M tokens	$0.25	$2.50
Context window	131K	128K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Jun 2026	Apr 2025

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