DeepSeek-V3 is the latest model from the DeepSeek team, building upon the instruction following and coding abilities of the previous versions. Pre-trained on nearly 15 trillion tokens, the reported evaluations...
Model details →DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) vs Google: Gemma 3 12B
Google: Gemma 3 12B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
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 capabilities,...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) | Google: Gemma 3 12B | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 164K | 131K | 🏆 DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.32 | $0.05 | 🏆 Google: Gemma 3 12B |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.89 | $0.15 | 🏆 Google: Gemma 3 12B |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Google: Gemma 3 12B |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) better than Google: Gemma 3 12B?
Google: Gemma 3 12B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and Google: Gemma 3 12B?
Input: $0.32 vs $0.05 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.89 vs $0.15 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and Google: Gemma 3 12B support?
DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) supports up to 164K tokens. Google: Gemma 3 12B supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and Google: Gemma 3 12B support tool calling?
DeepSeek Chat (legacy id): yes. Google: Gemma 3 12B: yes.