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Gemini 2.5 Flash vs google/gemma-4-12B-it

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash from Google lists 1.05M context, 65.54K maximum output, $0.30 input per 1M tokens, $2.50 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

Google

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash from Google: Fast Gemini workhorse for multimodal apps where latency and price matter.

Context
1.05M
Max output
65.54K
Input / 1M tokens
$0.30
Output / 1M tokens
$2.50

Accepts

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash

  • Context capacity: 1.05M
  • Maximum output: 65.54K

google/gemma-4-12B-it

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

Context capacity

Higher listed limit

Gemini 2.5 Flash:1.05M

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Maximum output

Higher listed limit

Gemini 2.5 Flash:65.54K

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Input price

Lower listed token rate

Gemini 2.5 Flash:$0.30

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

google/gemma-4-12B-it

Output price

Lower listed token rate

Gemini 2.5 Flash:$2.50

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

google/gemma-4-12B-it

Specifications

Pricing, limits and capabilities

Specifications for Gemini 2.5 Flash and google/gemma-4-12B-it. Higher limits and lower prices describe these figures only.
SpecificationGemini 2.5 Flashgoogle/gemma-4-12B-it
ProviderGooglegoogle
Listed pricing routeGooglegoogle
Model familygemini-flash—
Accepted inputstext, image, audio, video, pdftext, image, audio, video
Produced outputstexttext, image, audio, video
Context window1.05MHigher262.14K
Max output65.54KHigher32.77K
Input price / 1M$0.30$0.06Lower
Output price / 1M$2.50$0.30Lower
Reasoning modeDocumentedNot documented
Tool callingDocumentedDocumented
Image inputDocumentedDocumented
Audio inputDocumentedDocumented
Structured outputDocumentedNot documented
LicenseProprietaryNot documented

Workload guidance

Which model should you choose?

Consider Gemini 2.5 Flash 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; Gemini 2.5 Flash 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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