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Claude Opus 4.6 vs google/gemma-4-12B-it

Compare pricing, context limits, supported inputs and deployment options to choose a model for your workflow.

Claude Opus 4.6 from Anthropic lists 1M context, 128K maximum output, $5.00 input per 1M tokens, $25.00 output per 1M tokens. google/gemma-4-12B-it from google lists 262.14K context, 32.77K maximum output, $0.06 input per 1M tokens, $0.30 output per 1M tokens. Compare the inputs, outputs and deployment options below to see which fits your workflow.

Side-by-sideCapabilities and practical differences

Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.6

Claude Opus 4.6 from Anthropic: High-end Claude for difficult coding, planning, and slower expert reasoning.

Context
1M
Max output
128K
Input / 1M tokens
$5.00
Output / 1M tokens
$25.00

Accepts

  • Text input
  • Image input
  • PDF input

Produces

  • Text output
Full model profilegithub.com ↗
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google

google/gemma-4-12B-it

google/gemma-4-12B-it is a source-linked Hugging Face repository assigned to Any-to-any. Its recorded task interface accepts text, image, audio, video and produces text, image, audio, video.

Context
262.14K
Max output
32.77K
Input / 1M tokens
$0.06
Output / 1M tokens
$0.30

Accepts

  • Text input
  • Image input
  • Audio input
  • Video input

Produces

  • Text output
  • Image output
  • Audio output
  • Video output
Full model profileModel card on Hugging Face ↗

At a glance

Key differences

Compare the available figures below, then try both models on the work you need to do.

Claude Opus 4.6

  • Context capacity: 1M
  • Maximum output: 128K

google/gemma-4-12B-it

  • Input price: $0.06
  • Output price: $0.30

Context capacity

Higher listed limit

Claude Opus 4.6:1M

google/gemma-4-12B-it:262.14K

Claude Opus 4.6

Maximum output

Higher listed limit

Claude Opus 4.6:128K

google/gemma-4-12B-it:32.77K

Claude Opus 4.6

Input price

Lower listed token rate

Claude Opus 4.6:$5.00

google/gemma-4-12B-it:$0.06

google/gemma-4-12B-it

Output price

Lower listed token rate

Claude Opus 4.6:$25.00

google/gemma-4-12B-it:$0.30

google/gemma-4-12B-it

Specifications

Pricing, limits and capabilities

Specifications for Claude Opus 4.6 and google/gemma-4-12B-it. Higher limits and lower prices describe these figures only.
SpecificationClaude Opus 4.6google/gemma-4-12B-it
ProviderAnthropicgoogle
Listed pricing routeAnthropicgoogle
Model familyclaude-opus—
Accepted inputstext, image, pdftext, image, audio, video
Produced outputstexttext, image, audio, video
Context window1MHigher262.14K
Max output128KHigher32.77K
Input price / 1M$5.00$0.06Lower
Output price / 1M$25.00$0.30Lower
Reasoning modeDocumentedNot documented
Tool callingDocumentedDocumented
Image inputDocumentedDocumented
Audio inputNot documentedDocumented
Structured outputNot documentedNot documented
LicenseProprietaryNot documented

Workload guidance

Which model should you choose?

Consider Claude Opus 4.6 if you need larger context or larger maximum output. Consider google/gemma-4-12B-it if you need a lower listed input rate or a lower listed output rate. google/gemma-4-12B-it offers downloadable weights; Claude Opus 4.6 is listed as a proprietary model. Compare licence terms and operating costs before choosing a deployment. Test both on the same representative examples and judge the output against your acceptance criteria. Include tool failures, retries and the time to a completed task.

Documentation and model profiles

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Questions people ask

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