Model Comparison

Gemma 3 12B vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Comparing Gemma 3 12B and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Gemma 3 12B and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemma 3 12B
Input tokens$0.05
Output tokens$0.10
Best providerDeepinfra
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

68.0B diff

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base has 68.0B more parameters than Gemma 3 12B, making it 566.7% larger.

Google
Gemma 3 12B
12.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
80.0Bparameters
12.0B
Gemma 3 12B
80.0B
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemma 3 12B specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Gemma 3 12B specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Google
Gemma 3 12B
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemma 3 12B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base does not.

Gemma 3 12B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemma 3 12B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 3 12B is licensed under Gemma, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemma 3 12B

Gemma

Open weights

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 3 12B was released on 2025-03-12, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base was released on 2025-09-10.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is 6 months newer than Gemma 3 12B.

Gemma 3 12B

Mar 12, 2025

1.1 years ago

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Sep 10, 2025

7 months ago

6mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (131,072 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemma 3 12B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

FAQ

Common questions about Gemma 3 12B vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Gemma 3 12B (Google) and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
Gemma 3 12B scores GSM8k: 94.4%, IFEval: 88.9%, DocVQA: 87.1%, BIG-Bench Hard: 85.7%, HumanEval: 85.4%.
Gemma 3 12B supports 131K tokens and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Gemma vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemma 3 12B is developed by Google and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.