What is Google: Gemma 3 12B's context window?

Google: Gemma 3 12B accepts up to 131,072 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 16,384 output tokens.

Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Google: Gemma 3 12B?

Yes. Mistral: Mistral Nemo is $0.019 per 1M input tokens versus $0.050 for Google: Gemma 3 12B, with a 131,072 token context window.

Where does this Google: Gemma 3 12B price come from?

From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

Google: Gemma 3 12B pricing

Gemma 3 introduces multimodality, supporting vision-language input and text outputs. It handles context windows up to 128k tokens, understands over 140 languages, and offers improved math, reasoning, and chat… Google: Gemma 3 12B from OpenRouter costs $0.050 per 1M input tokens and $0.150 per 1M output tokens. Context window 131,072 tokens.

API id google/gemma-3-12b-it · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-09-25 · general-purpose

$0.050

Input / 1M tokens

$0.150

Output / 1M tokens

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Cached input / 1M

131K

Context window

Google: Gemma 3 12B specifications

Provider: OpenRouter
API id: google/gemma-3-12b-it
Model type: general-purpose
Context window: 131K tokens
Max output: 16K tokens
Currency: USD
Price source: Provider API
Last checked: 2026-09-25

Google: Gemma 3 12B across providers

The same model, priced by every seller we track. Ranked by the cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens, standard tier; savings measured against buying from the vendor directly.

Provider	Input /1M	Cached /1M	Output /1M	1M in + 1M out	vs vendor
DeepInfraHostCheapest	$0.050	—	$0.150	$0.20	—
OpenRouterHostviewing	$0.050	—	$0.150	$0.20	—

What Google: Gemma 3 12B costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
Workload	Input tokens	Output tokens	Estimated cost
Short chat turn	1,000	500	$0.0001
Document summary	50,000	2,000	$0.0028
1M tokens in, 200K out	1,000,000	200,000	$0.08

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Google: Gemma 3 12B price history

Recorded	Input /1M	Output /1M
2026-08-27	$0.050	$0.150
2026-08-27	$0.050	$0.150

Common questions

How much does Google: Gemma 3 12B cost per 1M tokens?: Google: Gemma 3 12B costs $0.050 per 1M input tokens and $0.150 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
What is Google: Gemma 3 12B's context window?: Google: Gemma 3 12B accepts up to 131,072 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 16,384 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Google: Gemma 3 12B?: Yes. Mistral: Mistral Nemo is $0.019 per 1M input tokens versus $0.050 for Google: Gemma 3 12B, with a 131,072 token context window.
Where does this Google: Gemma 3 12B price come from?: From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

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