Gemma 3 12B vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Gemma 3 12B at $0.058 in and $0.172 out and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B at $0.058 in and $0.230 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Gemma 3 12B

Google

0.04¢

for a client proposal

$0.058 in · $0.172 out / 1M

131K context · released March 2025

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Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

NVIDIA

0.05¢

for a client proposal

$0.058 in · $0.230 out / 1M

262K context · released December 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.09¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

All 2 cost the same on input.
Cheapest output: Gemma 3 12B at $0.172 per million tokens.
Largest context: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B at 262K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Gemma 3 12B

0.02¢

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

0.02¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Gemma 3 12B

0.04¢

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

0.05¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Gemma 3 12B

needs 155K ctx

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

0.98¢

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Gemma 3 12B

0.22¢

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

0.22¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Gemma 3 12B

needs 250K ctx

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

1.5¢

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output

Gemma 3 12B

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Gemma 3 12B

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Input / 1M tokens

$0.058

Output / 1M tokens

$0.172

$0.230

Cached input / 1M

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$0.035

Specs

Gemma 3 12B

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Provider

Google

NVIDIA

Released

March 2025

December 2025

Context window

131K

262K

Max output

16K

262K

Input

Text and Images

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

2024-08-31

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Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Gemma 3 12B

Google

0.02¢

for this task

57% input · 43% output

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Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

NVIDIA

0.02¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.04¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 11,594 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has the largest context window here — 262K tokens.

On price, Gemma 3 12B is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.04¢.

For images or files, Gemma 3 12B can read them directly; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is text-only.

If you want to watch the model think, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 12B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Gemma 3 12B at 0.04¢; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B at 0.05¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B — 262K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Gemma 3 12B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.09¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.09¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.