LLM Reference

ShieldGemma 9B

Released
2024-07-01
Last refreshed
2026-05-19
Status
Researched 44d ago
Open weightsCommercial use: conditionalClassification

ShieldGemma 9B is worth evaluating for classification when its provider route and context window match the workload.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating classification
  • Workloads that can use a 8k context window
  • Buyers comparing 1 tracked provider route

Do not use it for

  • Vision or document-understanding workloads
  • Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
Specifications
Family
Gemma 2
Released
2024-07-01
Context
8k
Parameters
9B
Architecture
Decoder Only
Specialization
safety
Openness
Open weights
License
GemmaCommercial use: conditional
Training
Pretrained
Created by
Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind

Pioneering artificial intelligence research.

London, United Kingdom
Founded 2014
Website
Pricing
Output / 1M
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Input / 1M
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Cheapest of 1 route · NVIDIA NIM

Providers(1)
NVIDIA NIM
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About

ShieldGemma 9B is Google DeepMind's Gemma 2 model focused on content moderation and safety classification. It offers an 8K-token context window.

ShieldGemma 9B is an open-weight model in the Gemma 2 family. The structured metadata tracks a 8k-token context window. This page tracks provider routes through NVIDIA NIM. No headline benchmark score is tracked for ShieldGemma 9B yet.

Top use-case fit

Classification

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Provider price ladder

Compare API pricing across 1 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.

ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MRoute
NVIDIA NIM--
ServerlessPartial

Available via routers & gateways(1)

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Router

NVIDIA's open-source AI blueprint for LLM routing that selects the optimal model per prompt via intent classification or neural auto-routing; being deprecated 2026-06-20.

Free OSSNVIDIA NIM

Capabilities

No model capability flags are currently sourced.

Benchmark peer barsfor Classification

No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.

Migration checks

No linked migration route is available for this model yet.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the context window of ShieldGemma 9B?

ShieldGemma 9B has a context window of 8k tokens.

When was ShieldGemma 9B released?

ShieldGemma 9B was released on 2024-07-01.

Which providers offer ShieldGemma 9B?

ShieldGemma 9B is available from 1 provider: NVIDIA NIM.