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Gemma 3 12B IT vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo

Close to a tie overall. Gemma 3 12B IT costs 52% less for the same work, and both read a 128K-token context.

Gemma 3 12B IT

by Google · #59 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.050
Output / 1M
$0.15

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo

by Meta · #60 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.10
Output / 1M
$0.32

Better overall

About even

Grade 35.0 vs 33.7

Cheaper

Gemma 3 12B IT

52% less, $0.075 vs $0.15 blended

Larger context

Same

128K vs 128K tokens

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Gemma 3 12B ITGemma 3 12B IT: 1,342
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct TurboLlama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo: 1,318
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Gemma 3 12B ITGemma 3 12B IT: 1,316
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct TurboLlama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo: 1,346

Gemma 3 12B ITLlama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbov = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

Gemma 3 12B IT$16.00 /month
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo$32.80 /month

Gemma 3 12B IT saves you $16.80 a month at this usage, $202 a year.

At a glance

AttributeGemma 3 12B ITLlama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo
Made byGoogleMeta
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeGood · 35.0Good · 33.7
Overall rank#59 of 67#60 of 67
Input price$0.050 per 1M$0.10 per 1M
Output price$0.15 per 1M$0.32 per 1M
Context window131,072 tokens131,072 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoNo
Reads imagesYesNo
Model IDgemma-3-12b-itllama-3.3-70b-instruct-turbo

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "gemma-3-12b-it", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "llama-3.3-70b-instruct-turbo", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Gemma 3 12B IT or Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo better?

They grade within two points of each other (35.0 and 33.7), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 12B IT or Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo?

Gemma 3 12B IT: $0.050 in and $0.15 out per million tokens, against $0.10 and $0.32 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Neither: both take 131,072 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.