Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06-17 vs Gemma 3 12B
Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06-17 and Gemma 3 12B, both from Google AI, tested across 11 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06-17
Gemma 3 12B
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Gemma 3 12B is 13x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06-17
Input
$0.10
Output
$0.40
Gemma 3 12B
Input
$0.03
3.3× cheaper
Output
$0.03
13× cheaper
Gemma 3 12B is cheaper on both — 3.3× input, 13× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
52%
Gemma 3 12B uses 23.2x more transitions
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06-17
Gemma 3 12B
61%Vocabulary52%
10wSentence Length17w
0.12Hedging0.66
1.9Bold6.2
4.2Lists5.4
0.00Emoji0.00
0.05Headings0.06
0.00Transitions0.23
Based on 3 + 23 text responses
Research
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