Compare / Gemma 3 12B vs Gemma 4 31B

Gemma 3 12B vs Gemma 4 31B

11 results from 3 sources that measured both models. Each row is in the source's own units; there is no overall winner.

Gemma 3 12B
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Gemma 4 31B
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BenchmarkMetricGemma 3 12BGemma 4 31B
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,3861,449
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,3321,419
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,2741,499
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,3211,453
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,3421,453
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,3131,435
UGI LeaderboardreportedRequested-length error% off the requested word count 9.0%5.0%
UGI LeaderboardreportedStyle adherencescore from 0 to 1 0.290.36
UGI LeaderboardreportedWriting scorescore out of 100 29.943.1
Vectara Hallucination LeaderboardreportedAnswer rate% of documents 97.4%100.0%
Vectara Hallucination LeaderboardreportedHallucination rate% of summaries 4.4%7.4%

Bold green marks the better value on that metric. Where a source reports ranges that overlap, the difference may not be meaningful; see the benchmark page for ranges.