Gemma 3 12B ITLlama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instructv = 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 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct$32.00 /month
Gemma 3 12B IT saves you $16.00 a month at this usage, $192 a year.
At a glance
Attribute
Gemma 3 12B IT
Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct
Made by
Google
Meta
Availability
Coming soon
Coming soon
Overall grade
Good · 35.0
Good · 36.5
Overall rank
#59 of 67
#57 of 67
Input price
$0.050 per 1M
$0.10 per 1M
Output price
$0.15 per 1M
$0.30 per 1M
Context window
131,072 tokens
327,680 tokens
Reasoning levels
No
No
Reads images
Yes
Yes
Model ID
gemma-3-12b-it
llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct
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.
# Ask either model the same thingcurlhttps://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-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct", "messages": [...]}'
Questions
Is Gemma 3 12B IT or Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct better?
They grade within two points of each other (35.0 and 36.5), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 12B IT or Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct?
Gemma 3 12B IT: $0.050 in and $0.15 out per million tokens, against $0.10 and $0.30 through FullsendAI.
Which has the larger context window?
Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct, with 327,680 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.
