Gemma 3 12B vs Sonar (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Gemma 3 12B vs. Sonar

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Overview

Sonar was released 1 month before Gemma 3 12B.

	Gemma 3 12B	Sonar
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development	Google	Perplexity
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once	131.1K tokens	127.1K tokens
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once	131.1K tokens	Not specified tokens
Release Date When this model first became publicly available	March 13, 2025 8 months ago March 13th, 2025	January 27, 2025 9 months ago January 27th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities

	Gemma 3 12B	Sonar
Input Types Supported input formats	📝Text🖼️Image	📝Text🖼️Image
Output Types Supported output formats	📝Text	📝Text
Tokenizer Text encoding system	Gemini	Other
Key Features Advanced capabilities	Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation	Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Open Source Model availability	Available on HuggingFace →	Proprietary

Pricing

Gemma 3 12B is roughly 0.03x less expensive compared to Sonar for input tokens and roughly 0.1x less expensive for output tokens.

	Gemma 3 12B	Sonar
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	$1.00 per million tokens

Benchmarks

Compare relevant benchmarks between Gemma 3 12B and Sonar.

	Gemma 3 12B	Sonar
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 Sonar 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.

Sonar by Perplexity understands both text and images. It can handle standard conversations with its 127.1K token context window. Reasonably priced at $1.00/M input and $1.00/M output tokens. Released January 27th, 2025.