Google: Gemma 3 12B IT
Gemma 3 12B IT is a language model from Google released on Dec 1, 2024. It reads text and images and writes text, with a 131K token context window and up to 131K tokens per reply.
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It costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens.
It supports tool calling and structured JSON output, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
9 providers serve it, including Deep Infra, Hugging Face and Novita AI.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.05 / $0.15 per 1M
- Context
- 131K
- Max output
- 131K
- Released
- Dec 1, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- Aug 2024
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Gemma 3 12B IT pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.05 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0.15 / 1M tokens |
Gemma 3 12B IT providers
9 providers serve it, including Deep Infra, Hugging Face and Novita AI. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Infra | $0.05 | $0.15 | – | 131K | 131K |
| Hugging Face | $0.05 | $0.15 | – | 131K | 131K |
| Novita AI | $0.05 | $0.10 | – | 131K | 8K |
| Amazon Bedrock | $0.09 | $0.29 | – | 131K | 8K |
| Eden AI | $0.05 | $0.15 | – | 131K | 131K |
| Helicone | $0.05 | $0.10 | – | 131K | 8K |
| Kilo Gateway | $0.05 | $0.15 | – | 131K | 16K |
| AI/ML API | $0.0688 | $0.2063 | $0.055 | 131K | 96K |
| Merge Gateway | $0.09 | $0.29 | – | 128K | 8K |
What Gemma 3 12B IT costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call Gemma 3 12B IT through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Structured outputs
structured_outputs - Temperature
temperature
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Gemma 3 12B IT questions
How much does the Gemma 3 12B IT API cost?
$0.05 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Gemma 3 12B IT?
131,072 tokens of input, and it can write up to 131,072 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve Gemma 3 12B IT?
9 providers serve it, including Deep Infra, Hugging Face and Novita AI. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does Gemma 3 12B IT support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions and can return JSON that matches a schema, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is Gemma 3 12B IT open source?
Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.
When was Gemma 3 12B IT released?
Dec 1, 2024, with training data up to Aug 2024.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on Gemma 3 12B IT?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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