Gemma 4 E2B IT
Gemma 4 E2B IT is worth evaluating for coding, rag, and agents when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating coding, rag, and agents
- Workloads that can use a 128k context window
- Buyers comparing 2 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Workloads where another current model has stronger sourced task evidence
- Family
- Gemma 4
- Released
- 2026-03-31
- Context
- 128k
- Parameters
- 2B
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2025-01
- Openness
- Open source
- License
- Apache 2.0OSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
- Weights
- Available
- Code
- Unknown
Cheapest of 2 routes · GCP Vertex AI
About
Instruction-tuned variant of Gemma 4 E2B for edge deployment with enhanced instruction-following capabilities.
Gemma 4 E2B IT is an open-source model in the Gemma 4 family. The structured metadata tracks a 128k-token context window, multimodal input, function calling, and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through Google AI Studio and GCP Vertex AI, with the cheapest tracked route listed at free input and free output per 1M tokens. Headline tracked benchmarks include Google-Proof Q&A 43.4, MMLU PRO 60.0, and AIME 2026 37.5.
Top use-case fit: coding, agents, and build tasks
Coding
Q/$ A1 relevant benchmark in the decision map.
RAG
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Agents
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 2Compare API pricing across 2 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCP Vertex AI | Free | Free | Serverless |
| Google AI Studio | - | - | ServerlessPartial |
Available via routers & gateways(13)
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.
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.
Kong AI Gateway
GatewayMulti-LLM AI gateway built on Kong Gateway 3.x, adding semantic routing, load balancing, guardrails, and MCP traffic analytics as plugins over Kong's existing API management platform.
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor Coding
Benchmark scores(4)
| Benchmark | Score | Version | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google-Proof Q&A | 43.4 | diamond | https://huggingface.co/google/gemma-4-e2b-it |
| MMLU PRO | 60.0 | From official Gemma 4 model card (accuracy) | https://ai.google.dev/gemma/docs/core/model_card_4 |
| AIME 2026 | 37.5 | AIME 2026 (accuracy) | https://ai.google.dev/gemma/docs/core/model_card_4 |
| LiveCodeBench | 44.0 | LiveCodeBench v6 (accuracy) | https://ai.google.dev/gemma/docs/core/model_card_4 |
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
Rankings & picks(1)
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Comparison and alternatives
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What is the context window of Gemma 4 E2B IT?
Gemma 4 E2B IT has a context window of 128k tokens.
How much does Gemma 4 E2B IT cost?
Gemma 4 E2B IT is available at $0/1M input tokens through GCP Vertex AI.
When was Gemma 4 E2B IT released?
Gemma 4 E2B IT was released on 2026-03-31.
Which providers offer Gemma 4 E2B IT?
Gemma 4 E2B IT is available from 2 providers: Google AI Studio, GCP Vertex AI.
What benchmarks has Gemma 4 E2B IT been tested on?
Gemma 4 E2B IT has been evaluated on 4 benchmarks, including Google-Proof Q&A, MMLU PRO, AIME 2026, LiveCodeBench.
Cheapest of 2 routes · GCP Vertex AI