Gemma 3 12B - NC Bench

google/gemma-3-12b-it

Gemma 3 12B

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Release Date

Mar 12th, 2025

Context Size

128k

Benchmark Cost

$0.10

Speed

35.0 tok/s

Creative writing

65.94%

Rule following

68.37%

Utility

74.38%

Mathematics

100.00%

Tooling

68.00%

Language

83.93%

Logic

76.57%

Bad Writing Habits

Detects common prose quality anti-patterns in AI-generated creative writing, including passive voice, past progressive overuse, weak dialogue tags, filter words, purple prose, cliches, AI-ism words/adverbs/names, and more.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Detailed Writing Rules
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin 0-shot Creative writingRule following	77	76	76	75	70	75%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night 0-shot Creative writingRule following	80	80	79	79	71	78%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite 0-shot Creative writingRule following	81	80	77	76	74	78%
Mystery: examining a crime scene 0-shot Creative writingRule following	85	82	81	75	71	79%
Romance: separated couple reunites 0-shot Creative writingRule following	82	79	78	75	74	78%
Thriller: chase through city streets 0-shot Creative writingRule following	80	78	77	72	70	75%
Detailed Writing Rules						77.01%
genre
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin 0-shot Creative writingRule following	79	76	73	73	70	74%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night 0-shot Creative writingRule following	81	81	81	80	69	79%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite 0-shot Creative writingRule following	78	78	75	74	64	74%
Mystery: examining a crime scene 0-shot Creative writingRule following	82	81	80	76	75	79%
Romance: separated couple reunites 0-shot Creative writingRule following	78	76	75	74	66	74%
Thriller: chase through city streets 0-shot Creative writingRule following	82	79	76	75	75	77%
genre						76.19%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin 0-shot Creative writingRule following	79	75	74	73	67	74%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night 0-shot Creative writingRule following	80	78	77	76	76	78%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite 0-shot Creative writingRule following	78	75	73	72	72	74%
Mystery: examining a crime scene 0-shot Creative writingRule following	82	78	74	72	72	76%
Romance: separated couple reunites 0-shot Creative writingRule following	76	75	75	74	67	74%
Thriller: chase through city streets 0-shot Creative writingRule following	82	81	79	78	75	79%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt						75.57%
76.25%

Codex Violation Detection

Detects factual inconsistencies between a story bible and prose passages. The model must output structured XML identifying each violation with paragraph number and substring.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
matrix
Large codex (40 entries), long passage (1,019 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	61	59	55	52	48	44	44	43	40	40	49%
Large codex (40 entries), short passage (165 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	72	69	69	67	66	66	64	63	63	52	65%
Small codex (7 entries), long passage (734 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	75	66	66	66	61	61	61	57	57	53	62%
Small codex (7 entries), short passage (165 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	97	97	97	97	97	97	93	93	93	88	95%
matrix											67.72%
tiers
5 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	93	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	77%
10 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	92	86	86	86	86	86	79	79	72	64	82%
20 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	65	61	61	61	60	53	52	51	47	3	51%
40 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	55	48	48	48	48	40	40	40	40	33	44%
tiers											63.54%
65.63%

Data extraction

Extract key details from a given block of text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
All valid emails 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Contextual pronoun 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Fruits excluding citrus 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Future event time 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Guess the pet 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Highest-rated movie 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Indirect birth year 0-shot UtilityMathematicsLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What instrument does Lucy play? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What's the color of the car? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What's the correct time? 0-shot UtilityLogic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Who's the sister? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Who's the tallest? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
91.67%

Dialogue tags

Various tasks related to dialogue tags in text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
dialogue-200
Write 200 words with 10% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	99	94	93	83	83	80	51	28	10	10	63%
Write 200 words with 50% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	49	8	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	6%
Write 200 words with 90% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	93	64	51	50	50	50	50	50	46	16	52%
dialogue-200											40.43%
dialogue-500
Write 500 words with 30% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	50	50	49	49	34	14	1	0	0	0	25%
Write 500 words with 50% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	30	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5%
Write 500 words with 70% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	70	39	36	34	27	23	14	3	1	1	25%
dialogue-500											18.17%
Ungrouped
Write unattributed dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
39.40%

Language Comprehension

Does the model understand more than just English?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Asking for directions (Dutch) 0-shot Language	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Asking for directions (German) 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Friend got new kittens (German) 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	0	80%
Friend got new kittens (Tagalog) 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
70.00%

Language Writing

Can the model generate text in different languages?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Character dialogue (French) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	92	98%
Character dialogue (German) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	91	91	90	94%
Character dialogue (Hindi) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	89	81	55	85%
Character dialogue (Italian) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	89	98%
Character dialogue (Spanish) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
95.07%

N-Length Sentences

Write sentences with exactly N words

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Write sentences with 5 words each 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	98	96	96	96	96	93	87	96%
Write sentences with 10 words each 0-shot Rule following	95	92	92	90	90	87	87	85	84	74	88%
Write sentences with 20 words each 0-shot Rule following	14	13	10	9	3	2	2	1	0	0	5%
63.03%

Novel outline

Handle questions about the outline of a novel in various formats

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
outline-count
Count acts 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count chapters 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count scenes 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
outline-count											70.00%
pov-count
Count point of views for Jack and Olivia 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	100	50	50	50	50	50	75%
Count point of views for Jack Harper 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count point of views for Olivia 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
pov-count											61.67%
65.83%

Tool usage within Novelcrafter

Output messages that are related to tool usage within Novelcrafter

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Create alternate prose sections 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
100.00%

Voice/dialogue sheets

Extract dialogue from given text as voice sheets.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Multiple speakers 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	50%
Simple 0-shot Utility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Simple (1-shot) 1-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Simple (5-shot) Few-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Unattributed dialogue 0-shot Utility	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
52.00%

Write N of X

Write exactly N words/sentences/paragraphs...

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
paragraphs
1 paragraph summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 paragraph summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
5 paragraph summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
paragraphs											100.00%
sentences
1 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
10 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
20 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	54	2	0	75%
50 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	98	98	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%
sentences											80.06%
words
10 word summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
20 word summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	98	98	98	92	92	77	96%
50 word summary 0-shot Rule following	54	27	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8%
100 word summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	98	98	92	77	27	9	2	0	60%
200 word summary 0-shot Rule following	92	54	54	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	23%
words											57.44%
75.96%