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Gemma 4 12B

VS
OpenAI

GPT-5.4 mini

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

Decision Recommendation

⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, GPT-5.4 mini is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 54.4% higher on coding benchmarks. However, this accuracy premium comes with a cost overhead: Gemma 4 12B is 1.0x cheaper to run. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, Gemma 4 12B offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of GPT-5.4 mini fully justifies the cost.

Model Specs

Gemma 4 12B

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
78.8%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
N/AInput: N/A | Output: N/A
Speed
N/A
Context Window
262.14k tokens
Model Specs

GPT-5.4 mini

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+)
54.4%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+8.7%)
87.5%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$1.69Input: $0.75 | Output: $4.50
Speed
201 tps
Context WindowLarger
400k tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions

Pricing data is currently unavailable for one or both of these models, so a direct cost comparison cannot be determined.

Speed data is not available for Gemma 4 12B, while GPT-5.4 mini generates 201 tokens per second.

GPT-5.4 mini is better for coding tasks. It scores 54.4% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to Gemma 4 12B which scores N/A.

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