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Amazon Titan Text Express vs Gemma 3 12B

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Amazon

Model

Amazon Titan Text Express

Context window

42K

42,000 tokens · ~32K words

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Google

Model

Gemma 3 12B

Image inputTool calling

Context window

131K

131,072 tokens · ~98K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Amazon Titan Text Express42K
Gemma 3 12B131K

Gemma 3 12B has about 3.1× the context window of the other in this pair.

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Gemma 3 12B has 212% more context capacity (131K vs 42K tokens). Gemma 3 12B is 96% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Gemma 3 12B. Its 131K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 42K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Gemma 3 12B. Input tokens are 96% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Gemma 3 12B. Its 131K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecAmazon Titan Text ExpressGemma 3 12B
Context window42,000 tokens (42K)131,072 tokens (131K)
Max output tokens8,000 tokens (8K)131,072 tokens (131K)
Speed tierBalancedBalanced
VisionNoYes
Function callingNoYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateN/AMar 2025

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderAmazon Titan Text Express inAmazon Titan Text Express outGemma 3 12B inGemma 3 12B out
Aws Bedrock$1.30/M$1.70/M——
Deepinfra——$0.050/M$0.100/M
Novita——$0.050/M$0.100/M

Frequently asked questions

Gemma 3 12B has a larger context window: 131K tokens vs 42K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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