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Anthropic Claude vs Databricks 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.

Anthropic

Model

Anthropic Claude

Context window

100K

100,000 tokens · ~75K words

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Model

Databricks Gemma 3 12b

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K 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.

Anthropic Claude100K
Databricks Gemma 3 12b128K

Databricks Gemma 3 12b has about 1.3× the context window of the other in this pair.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Databricks Gemma 3 12b has 28% more context capacity (128K vs 100K tokens). Databricks Gemma 3 12b is 98% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Databricks Gemma 3 12b. Its 128K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 100K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Databricks Gemma 3 12b. Input tokens are 98% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Databricks Gemma 3 12b. Its 32K 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.

SpecAnthropic ClaudeDatabricks Gemma 3 12b
Context window100,000 tokens (100K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Max output tokens8,191 tokens (8K)32,000 tokens (32K)
Speed tierBalancedBalanced
VisionNoNo
Function callingNoNo
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APIYesNo
Release dateN/AN/A

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.

ProviderAnthropic Claude inAnthropic Claude outDatabricks Gemma 3 12b inDatabricks Gemma 3 12b out
Aws Bedrock$8.00/M$24.00/M——
Databricks——$0.150/M$0.500/M

Frequently asked questions

Databricks Gemma 3 12b has a larger context window: 128K tokens vs 100K. 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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