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Gemma 3 12B vs Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

17 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
Google · profile
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Meta · profile
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BenchmarkMetricGemma 3 12BLlama 3.2 3B Instruct
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,3861,146
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,3321,145
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,2741,179
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,3211,146
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,3421,167
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,3131,143
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4reportedIrrelevance detection% correct 70.3%52.1%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4reportedMemory% correct 27.5%6.2%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4reportedMulti-turn tasks% correct 5.8%4.0%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4reportedOverall accuracy% correct 30.4%21.9%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4reportedRelevance detection% correct 93.8%87.5%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4reportedSingle-turn calls (curated)% correct 79.4%82.7%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4reportedSingle-turn calls (user-contributed)% correct 74.2%58.3%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4reportedWeb search% correct 4.0%1.0%
UGI LeaderboardreportedRequested-length error% off the requested word count 9.0%31.0%
UGI LeaderboardreportedStyle adherencescore from 0 to 1 0.290.36
UGI LeaderboardreportedWriting scorescore out of 100 29.910.4

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.