Gemma 4 E4B

Name: Gemma 4 E4B
Author: Google DeepMind

Released

2026-03-31

Last refreshed

2026-06-15

Status

Researched 162d ago

Open sourceCommercial use: permittedMultimodalRAGAgentsLong contextVisionJSON / Tool use

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Specifications

Family: Gemma 4
Released: 2026-03-31
Context: 128k
Parameters: 4B
Knowledge cutoff: 2025-01
Openness: Open source
License: Apache 2.0OSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
Weights: Available
Code: Unknown

Created by

Google DeepMind

Pioneering artificial intelligence research.

London, United Kingdom

Founded 2014

Website

Pricing

Output / 1M

Free

Input / 1M

Free

Cheapest of 1 route · GCP Vertex AI

Providers(1)

GCP Vertex AI

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About

Efficient 4B model with native audio input support. Balances performance and efficiency for edge and on-device deployment with reasoning and coding capabilities.

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Capabilities

MultimodalJSON / Tool use

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