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Why use Gemma 2B Instruct on Together AI?
Together AI offers Gemma 2B Instruct with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.10/1M input tokens. Together AI is a platform for running open-source and proprietary LLMs with fast serverless and dedicated endpoints at competitive inference pricing.
Compare Gemma 2B Instruct across 7 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Python + curlpip install togetherexport TOGETHER_API_KEY=...from together import Together
client = Together() # reads TOGETHER_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gemma-2b-it",gemma-2b-itRequest example
from together import Together
client = Together() # reads TOGETHER_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gemma-2b-it",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Together uses "organization/model-name" format, e.g. "meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct" or "Qwen/QwQ-32B". See the Together model catalog for the exact ID.
- The examples expect TOGETHER_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare Gemma 2B Instruct Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Together AI | $0.10 | $0.10 |
| GCP Vertex AI | $0.04 | $0.12 |
| Cloudflare Workers AI | — | — |
| NVIDIA NIM | — | — |
| Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS | — | — |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.10 |
| Output tokens | $0.10 |
Capabilities
About Gemma 2B Instruct
Gemma 2B Instruct is a large language model developed by Google, designed to balance performance and accessibility with its 2 billion parameters. Derived from the Gemini family, it excels in tasks such as text generation, code interpretation, and mathematical problem-solving. Built on a transformer decoder architecture, it features multi-query attention, RoPE, GeGLU activations, and RMSNorm. Trained on approximately 6 trillion tokens, including web documents, code, and mathematical content, it uses SFT and RLHF for instruction-tuning. Notable for its lightweight design permitting deployment on consumer-grade hardware, it's open-source and optimized for dialogue applications. Despite its capabilities, limitations include potential biases, factual inaccuracies, and challenges with complex reasoning.
FAQ
What does Gemma 2B Instruct cost on Together AI?
On Together AI, Gemma 2B Instruct costs $0.1 per 1M input tokens and $0.1 per 1M output tokens.
What is the context window for Gemma 2B Instruct on Together AI?
Gemma 2B Instruct supports a 2,000 token context window on Together AI.
How does Together AI compare to other Gemma 2B Instruct providers?
Gemma 2B Instruct is available from 7 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $0.04/1M tokens from GCP Vertex AI.
Who created Gemma 2B Instruct?
Gemma 2B Instruct was created by Google DeepMind as part of the Gemma model family.
Is Gemma 2B Instruct open source?
Gemma 2B Instruct is open source according to the seed data.