Google · Released Mar 12, 2025Gemma 3 4B IT
Open multimodal Gemma instruction model for efficient text generation and image understanding.
- Capability
- 116.1ECI · #146 of 148
- Input
- $0.05per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.10per 1M tokens
- Context
- 131K131K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.05per million tokens
- Output
- $0.10per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.063cheaper than 96% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $0.15 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $1.75 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $17.50 |
Median of 7 paid API providers on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#146 of 148 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (97.7–124.3); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Google.
The details
- Lab
- Released
- Mar 12, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- Aug 2024
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Max output
- 131,072 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- Availability
- 7 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Gemma 3 4B IT
How much does Gemma 3 4B IT cost?
Gemma 3 4B IT costs $0.05 input / $0.10 output per million tokens (median across 7 API providers). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.063 per million tokens, cheaper than 96% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Gemma 3 4B IT?
Gemma 3 4B IT accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request and can write up to 131,072 tokens in one response.
How good is Gemma 3 4B IT?
Epoch AI gives Gemma 3 4B IT a Capabilities Index score of 116.1 (likely range 97.7–124.3), ranking it #146 of 148 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 23.2%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 7.5%.
Is Gemma 3 4B IT open source?
Yes. Google publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Gemma 3 4B IT support?
Gemma 3 4B IT accepts text and images and replies in text. It is not a dedicated reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Gemma 3 4B IT released?
Google released Gemma 3 4B IT on Mar 12, 2025. Its training data runs to Aug 2024.
What are the best alternatives to Gemma 3 4B IT?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Ministral 3B (Mistral AI, ECI 118.1, $0.10 / $0.10), Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct (Meta, ECI 116.6, $0.152 / $0.167), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct (Alibaba (Qwen), ECI 118.5, $0.175 / $0.70) and Command R7B Arabic (Cohere, $0.037 / $0.15).