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Gemma 3 12B pricing

Cheapest host: Novita · checked Oct 26, 2026
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$0.05 / $0.10per 1M tokens in / out
#195on OpenRouter by tokens · 11.5B / week

Price sheetper 1M tokens

Input$0.05Novita
Output$0.10
Context · max output131K · 16Ktokens

Where to buy4 providers · per 1M tokens

ProviderInputOutputContext
DeepInfra$0.05$0.15—
Novita$0.05$0.10—
NextBit$0.075$0.15131K
AWS Bedrock$0.09$0.29—

In Google's line-upper 1M in / out

Gemma 4 E4B$0.02 / $0.10−36%
Gemma 3 4B$0.04 / $0.05−32%
Gemma 3 1B IT$0.04 / $0.08−20%
Gemma 3 12B$0.05 / $0.10this model
Gemma 1.1 7B It$0.07 / $0.07+12%
DiffusionGemma 26B A4B$0.05 / $0.15+20%
Gemma 3 27B$0.08 / $0.16+60%
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Cheaper for the same workvs Gemma 3 12B

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct unstatedOpen-60%score -15%$0.02 / $0.04
Qwen3 0.6B unstatedOpen-20%score -21%$0.04 / $0.08
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct unstatedOpen-68%score -28%$0.02 / $0.02

Pricing questions

How much does Gemma 3 12B cost?›

$0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.10 per 1M output tokens.

Is Gemma 3 12B free to use?›

There is no free API tier, but the weights are open: you can run it on your own hardware for the cost of compute.

What is a cheaper alternative to Gemma 3 12B?›

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct at unstated effort costs -60% per task with a score -15% on Arena Text · English.