The honest, $0-markup cost to run Gemma 3 12B (Google, 12B) and Qwen2-VL 7B Instruct (Alibaba, 8B), side by side — free on your own machine, on your own rented GPU at the vendor's price, or via your own API key.
| Gemma 3 12B | Qwen2-VL 7B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 12B | 8B |
| Context window | 131.1K | 32.8K |
| License | Commercial OK | Commercial OK |
| VRAM to run | ~13 GB (Q4_K_M) | ~7.0 GB (Q4_K_M) |
| Rent a GPU | $0.26/hr | $0.26/hr |
| Your API key | $0.20/1M (est.) | $0.16/1M (est.) |
VRAM, size, context and license are facts from the catalog and the shared cost engine; API prices are real where we have them (labeled "est." otherwise). We don't rank model quality or quote benchmarks here.
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