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Gemma 3 4B
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RANKED #138 OF 316 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #183 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.0 · 159 VOICES ·
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Gemma 3 introduces multimodality, supporting vision-language input and text outputs. It handles context windows up to 128k tokens, understands over 140 languages, and offers improved math, reasoning, and chat capabilities,...
HAPPY6.8
17 mentions
SAD8.2
6 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 132 voices in this window
HOLDING UP
Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.
HOW TO USE IT
Open weights. You can use a hosted service, or download it and run it yourself, free.
RUN IT ON YOUR OWN MACHINE
Open weights: download Gemma 3 4B once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
4B parameters, a Q4 file is about 3 GB (BF16 is ~9 GB)
- BARE MINIMUM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super
6 GB VRAM
~$120 USEDQ4 quantization, ~35 tok/s, 8k context
- SWEET SPOT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB VRAM
~$299 NEWQ8 quantization or Q4 with 32k+ context, ~70 tok/s
- FULL POWER
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super
12 GB VRAM
~$599 NEWFull FP16 / BF16 precision, long context (128k), ~110 tok/s
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN GEMMA 3 4B?
The three cards above are researched picks. Search the machine you actually have — we only say yes if it should reply at a usable speed, not just load the weights and crawl.
HARDWARE PICKS & PRICES ARE RESEARCHED FROM THE LIVE WEB AND REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY. TREAT THEM AS BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?
Everyday jobs on each of those rigs: how long Gemma 3 4B takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super | SWEET SPOTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | FULL POWERNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write an emaila paragraph or two, drafted from a one-line brief | ~14 S★★★★★ | ~7 S★★★★★ | ~5 S★★★★★ |
| Summarize a documenta long report boiled down to the points that matter | ~43 S★★★★★ | ~21 S★★★★★ | ~14 S★★★★★ |
| Build a websitea small landing page, markup and styles together | ~3.8 MIN★★★★★ | ~1.9 MIN★★★★★ | ~73 S★★★★★ |
| Build a backendan API with routes, storage and tests | ~12 MIN★★★★★ | ~6 MIN★★★★★ | ~3.8 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a gamea playable browser game in one file | ~7.1 MIN★★★★★ | ~3.6 MIN★★★★★ | ~2.3 MIN★★★★★ |
STARS ARE THE COMMUNITY SCORE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, DOCKED FOR HOW SQUASHED THE WEIGHTS GET AT EACH TIER. TIMES ARE COMPUTED FROM RESEARCHED SPEEDS. BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People are mostly frustrated with Gemma 3 4B right now. Biggest gripe: saying no too much.
146 POSTS · 13 COMMENTS · GITHUB · DEV FORUMS · REDDIT · HACKER NEWS · BLUESKY · DEV.TO · LEMMY
PEOPLE LOVE
- Stable and dependable (1 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (4 mentions)
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (4 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Other models the crowd has fully reviewed, starting with multimodal models like this one.
Grok 4.6
Qwen3.8 27B> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2025-06-06 · 207 UPVOTES[R] LLMs are Locally Linear Mappings: Qwen 3, Gemma 3 and Llama 3 can be converted to exactly equivalent locally linear systems for…
[R] LLMs are Locally Linear Mappings: Qwen 3, Gemma 3 and Llama 3 can be converted to exactly equivalent locally linear systems for interpretability
- REDDIT · 2026-01-15 · 57 UPVOTESWhat local model blew you away recently?
What local model blew you away recently?
- REDDIT · 2025-03-19 · 30 UPVOTESGemma 3 GRPO works in free Colab now
Gemma 3 GRPO works in free Colab now
- REDDIT · 2025-04-27 · 26 UPVOTESMore Dynamic v2.0 GGUFs uploaded: Llama-4-Maverick, QwQ-32B, GLM-4-32B, Gemma-3-QAT, MAI-DS-R1 + more!
More Dynamic v2.0 GGUFs uploaded: Llama-4-Maverick, QwQ-32B, GLM-4-32B, Gemma-3-QAT, MAI-DS-R1 + more!
- DEV.TO · 2026-10-04 · 21 UPVOTESFind My Thingy: A Local-First AI Memory Assistant Powered by Gemma 3 4B
Find My Thingy: A Local-First AI Memory Assistant Powered by Gemma 3 4B
- REDDIT · 2025-04-21 · 17 UPVOTESWhy Gemma3-4b QAT from ollama website uses twice a much memory versus GGUF
Why Gemma3-4b QAT from ollama website uses twice a much memory versus GGUF
- REDDIT · 2025-11-27 · 17 UPVOTESCan I fine-tune Gemma-3-12B (full training run, not just inference) on a single RTX 3060 12 GB with Unsloth?
Can I fine-tune Gemma-3-12B (full training run, not just inference) on a single RTX 3060 12 GB with Unsloth?
- REDDIT · 2025-05-02 · 9 UPVOTESHow to use bigger models
How to use bigger models
- REDDIT · 2026-01-10 · 8 UPVOTESChoosing the right dataset format for dialogues
Choosing the right dataset format for dialogues
- REDDIT · 2026-07-20 · 4 UPVOTESWould you trade speed for accuracy?
Would you trade speed for accuracy?
- REDDIT · 2026-03-07 · 0 UPVOTESNeuralNet: 100% Local Autonomous AI Assistant. Features Dynamic GGUF Switching, Autonomous Deep Scraping, 50k Context, and Time-Zone Aware…
NeuralNet: 100% Local Autonomous AI Assistant. Features Dynamic GGUF Switching, Autonomous Deep Scraping, 50k Context, and Time-Zone Aware Execution.
- REDDIT · 2025-07-22 · 0 UPVOTES"You are a teacher. Teach me about a random topic"
"You are a teacher. Teach me about a random topic"