Gemma 3 12B vs GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Gemma 3 12B vs. GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)

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Overview

GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) was released 1 year before Gemma 3 12B.

	Gemma 3 12B	GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development	Google	OpenAI
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once	131.1K tokens	4.1K tokens
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once	131.1K tokens	4.1K tokens
Release Date When this model first became publicly available	March 13, 2025 8 months ago March 13th, 2025	January 25, 2024 1 year ago January 25th, 2024

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities

	Gemma 3 12B	GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
Input Types Supported input formats	📝Text🖼️Image	📝Text
Output Types Supported output formats	📝Text	📝Text
Tokenizer Text encoding system	Gemini	GPT
Key Features Advanced capabilities	Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation	✓Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Open Source Model availability	Available on HuggingFace →	Proprietary

Pricing

Gemma 3 12B is roughly 0.03x less expensive compared to GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) for input tokens and roughly 0.05x less expensive for output tokens.

	Gemma 3 12B	GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens	$0.03 per million tokens	$1.00 per million tokens
Output Token Cost Cost per million outut tokens	$0.10 per million tokens	$2.00 per million tokens

Benchmarks

Compare relevant benchmarks between Gemma 3 12B and GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613).

	Gemma 3 12B	GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
MMLU Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
MMMU Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
HellaSwag Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes Gemma 3 12B and GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) unique.

Gemma 3 12B by Google understands both text and images, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 131.1K token context window. Very affordable at $0.03/M input and $0.10/M output tokens. Released March 13th, 2025.

GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) by OpenAI can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 4.1K token context window. Reasonably priced at $1.00/M input and $2.00/M output tokens. Released January 25th, 2024.