Amazon Nova Pro vs Gemma 4 12B
Pricing, benchmarks, and use case comparison
Quick take
- •Gemma 4 12B is meaningfully stronger at cost efficiency (92 vs 82).
- •Gemma 4 12B is open-weights (free to self-host); Amazon Nova Pro is paid API only.
Specs comparison
| Amazon Nova Pro | Gemma 4 12B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon Web Services | |
| Type | Closed source | Open source |
| Context window | ✓300K tokens | 256K tokens |
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.80 | ✓Free (self-host) |
| Output / 1M tokens | $3.20 | Free (self-host) |
| Release date | 2024-12 | 2026-06 |
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemma 4 12B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | ~85% | - |
| Total parameters | - | ~11.95B |
| Context window | - | 256K tokens |
Scores sourced from official provider release posts and independent benchmark aggregators.
Which should you choose?
Choose Amazon Nova Pro if...
- →You are building on AWS and want native Bedrock integration
- →You need multimodal understanding of images or video plus text
- →You want a cost-balanced general model with a large context
- →You need enterprise controls: data residency, service tiers, prompt caching
Choose Gemma 4 12B if...
- →You need an open, self-hostable multimodal model
- →Running on a single consumer GPU or a laptop
- →Data-privacy or on-prem requirements
- →You want a permissive license (Apache 2.0) for commercial use