Using Gemma 7B Instruct on Fireworks AI

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Fireworks AI exposes Gemma 7B Instruct through model ID accounts/fireworks/models/gemma-7b-it. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at Fireworks AI and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the Fireworks AI SDK or REST API to call accounts/fireworks/models/gemma-7b-it — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.20/1M input, $0.20/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

Install
pip install openai
API key
FIREWORKS_API_KEY
Model ID
accounts/fireworks/models/gemma-7b-it

Fireworks model IDs use "accounts/fireworks/models/{model-name}" format, e.g. "accounts/fireworks/models/llama4-scout-instruct-basic" or "accounts/fireworks/models/deepseek-r1".

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["FIREWORKS_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="accounts/fireworks/models/gemma-7b-it",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Pricing on Fireworks AI

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.20
Output tokens$0.20

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

About Gemma 7B Instruct

Gemma 7B Instruct is a cutting-edge large language model developed by Google DeepMind, boasting 7 billion parameters. As part of the Gemma family, it benefits from the advanced research underpinning Google's Gemini models. This model is optimized for text generation tasks, excelling in areas like question answering and summarization, and it is finely tuned to follow instructions effectively. Despite its compact size, Gemma 7B Instruct performs impressively on benchmarks, making it versatile for deployment across various hardware platforms, from laptops to cloud infrastructure.

Model Specs

Released2024-02-21
Parameters7B
Context8k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2023-04

Provider

Fireworks AI

San Mateo, California, United States