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Google · Released Apr 2, 2026

Gemma 4 E2B IT

Open Gemma instruction model for efficient chat and self-hosted deployments.

  • Open weights
  • Reasoning
  • Tool calling
  • Vision
  • Audio input
Capability
—No ECI score yet
Input
$0.07per 1M tokens
Output
$0.09per 1M tokens
Context
131K8K max output
Pricing

What it costs

Input
$0.07per million tokens
Output
$0.09per million tokens
Blended (3:1)
$0.075cheaper than 94% of priced models

Typical monthly bills

Monthly usageEstimated cost
Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens$0.185
Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens$2.20
Production app250M input + 50M output tokens$22.00

Median of 2 paid API providers on models.dev.

Capability

Independent benchmarks

Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Gemma 4 E2B IT yet.

Specifications

The details

Lab
Google
Released
Apr 2, 2026
Context window
131,072 tokens
Max output
8,192 tokens
Inputs
Text, Images, Audio
Output
Text
Reasoning
Always on
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Availability
2 API providerslisted on models.dev
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Questions

About Gemma 4 E2B IT

How much does Gemma 4 E2B IT cost?

Gemma 4 E2B IT costs $0.07 input / $0.09 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.075 per million tokens, cheaper than 94% of the 360 priced models we track.

What is the context window of Gemma 4 E2B IT?

Gemma 4 E2B IT accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request and can write up to 8,192 tokens in one response.

How good is Gemma 4 E2B IT?

Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Gemma 4 E2B IT yet.

Is Gemma 4 E2B IT open source?

Yes. Google publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.

What inputs does Gemma 4 E2B IT support?

Gemma 4 E2B IT accepts text, images and audio and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling and can return structured JSON output.

When was Gemma 4 E2B IT released?

Google released Gemma 4 E2B IT on Apr 2, 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Gemma 4 E2B IT?

The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Laguna XS 2.1 (Poolside, $0.06 / $0.12), Seed 2.0 Mini (ByteDance Seed, $0.03 / $0.297), Trinity Mini (Arcee AI, $0.045 / $0.15) and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B (NVIDIA, $0.05 / $0.20).