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Google Gemma 3 12B It vs Grok 4.5

Compare Google Gemma 3 12B It from Google and Grok 4.5 from Grok on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Google Gemma 3 12B It
Google · → text

Input$0.2 /M
Output$0.2 /M
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Grok 4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2 /M
Output$6 /M
Cache read$0.5 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Google Gemma 3 12B It
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$0.2
$2
Output /M
$0.2
$6
Cache read /M
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$0.5
Context length
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500,000
Max output
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500,000
Time to First Token
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1.6 s
Throughput
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17.6 tok/s
Modalities
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Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats
Released
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July 2026

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

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google-gemma-3-12b-itgrok-4.5
1300136014201480
Overall
13421466
Coding
13171317
Math
13181318
Hard prompts
13321332
Instruction following
13211321
Multi-turn
13441344
Creative writing
13341334
Longer query
13451345
English
13491349

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Google Gemma 3 12B It
$15.00 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Google Gemma 3 12B It, Grok 4.5?

Google Gemma 3 12B It: $0.2/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Can I call Google Gemma 3 12B It and Grok 4.5 with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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