Gemma 3 12B vs Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Compare Gemma 3 12B by Google AI against Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking by Qwen, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Gemma 3 12BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Gemma 3 12B is 200x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemma 3 12B
Input
$0.03
40× cheaper
Output
$0.03
200× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Input
$1.20
Output
$6.00
Gemma 3 12B is cheaper on both — 40× input, 200× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
34%
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking uses 137.1x more emoji
Gemma 3 12B
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
52%Vocabulary61%
17wSentence Length15w
0.66Hedging0.23
6.2Bold5.2
5.4Lists3.9
0.00Emoji1.37
0.06Headings1.22
0.23Transitions0.04
Based on 23 + 13 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
FAQ
