Gemma 3 4B IT
Gemma 3 4B IT is worth evaluating for rag, long context, and classification when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating rag, long context, and classification
- Workloads that can use a 128k context window
- Buyers comparing 3 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
Cheapest of 3 routes · GCP Vertex AI
About
Gemma 3 4B IT is Google DeepMind's Gemma 3 model. Its knowledge cutoff is 2024-08.
Gemma 3 4B IT is an open-weight model in the Gemma 3 family. The structured metadata tracks a 128k-token context window and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through AWS Bedrock, OpenRouter, and GCP Vertex AI, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.04 input and $0.08 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for Gemma 3 4B IT yet.
Top use-case fit
RAG
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Long context
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Classification
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 3Compare API pricing across 3 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCP Vertex AI | $0.040 | $0.080 | Serverless |
| OpenRouter | $0.040 | $0.080 | Serverless |
| AWS Bedrock | $0.200 | $0.200 | Serverless |
Available via routers & gateways(14)
LiteLLM
GatewayOpen-source Python SDK and proxy server that unifies 100+ LLM APIs behind a single OpenAI-compatible interface, with load balancing, cost tracking, and configurable failover.
OpenRouter
HybridUnified hybrid gateway to 400+ models from 60+ providers via a single OpenAI-compatible API, with optional auto-routing that selects the best model per prompt.
Portkey
GatewayProduction AI gateway routing to 1,600+ LLMs with failover, load balancing, semantic caching, and guardrails; Apache 2.0 core is fully self-hostable with the complete feature set.
AIRouter
RouterCommercial LLM router that analyzes incoming requests and routes to the optimal model for cost/quality/latency via a drop-in OpenAI-compatible API, with a privacy-preserving embedding mode that avoids sending prompt content.
Amazon Bedrock Intelligent Prompt Routing
RouterAWS Bedrock's native intelligent prompt router that routes prompts between Anthropic Claude model tiers (Haiku/Sonnet) based on predicted task complexity, with no extra per-routing charge.
Helicone
GatewayObservability-first AI gateway with routing, caching, rate limiting, and request tracing; Apache 2.0 open-source core with a managed hosted tier for logging and analytics.
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor RAG
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Gemma 3 4B IT?
Gemma 3 4B IT has a context window of 128k tokens.
How much does Gemma 3 4B IT cost?
Gemma 3 4B IT pricing ranges from $0.04/1M to $0.20/1M input tokens depending on the provider.
When was Gemma 3 4B IT released?
Gemma 3 4B IT was released on 2026-01-01.
Which providers offer Gemma 3 4B IT?
Gemma 3 4B IT is available from 3 providers: AWS Bedrock, OpenRouter, GCP Vertex AI.
Cheapest of 3 routes · GCP Vertex AI