Gemma 3 12B vs Laguna XS 2.1

Gemma 3 12B at $0.058 in and $0.172 out and Laguna XS 2.1 at $0.069 in and $0.138 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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Laguna XS 2.1

Poolside

0.05¢

for a client proposal

$0.069 in · $0.138 out / 1M

262K context · released 1 month ago

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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

Cheapest input: Gemma 3 12B at $0.058 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Laguna XS 2.1 at $0.138 per million tokens.
Largest context: Laguna XS 2.1 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¢

Laguna XS 2.1

0.02¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Gemma 3 12B

0.04¢

Laguna XS 2.1

0.05¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Gemma 3 12B

needs 155K ctx

Laguna XS 2.1

1.1¢

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Gemma 3 12B

0.22¢

Laguna XS 2.1

0.26¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Gemma 3 12B

needs 250K ctx

Laguna XS 2.1

1.8¢

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

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80% Input20% Output

Gemma 3 12B

Laguna XS 2.1

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

Pricing

Gemma 3 12B

Laguna XS 2.1

Input / 1M tokens

$0.058

$0.069

Output / 1M tokens

$0.172

$0.138

Cached input / 1M

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$0.035

Specs

Gemma 3 12B

Laguna XS 2.1

Provider

Google

Poolside

Released

March 2025

1 month ago

Context window

131K

262K

Max output

16K

33K

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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Laguna XS 2.1

Poolside

0.02¢

for this task

67% input · 33% 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 12,247 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Laguna XS 2.1 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; Laguna XS 2.1 is text-only.

If you want to watch the model think, Laguna XS 2.1 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 →

Gemma 3 12B pricing →Laguna XS 2.1 pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip Preview Add Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 12B or Laguna XS 2.1?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Gemma 3 12B at 0.04¢; Laguna XS 2.1 at 0.05¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Laguna XS 2.1 — 262K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Gemma 3 12B and Laguna XS 2.1 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.