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Gemma 3n 4B
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RANKED #189 OF 279 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #302 OF 6,613 · VIBE SCORE 5.6 · 28 VOICES
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,...
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VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 16 voices
TOO QUIET
Not enough weekly voices to call a trend yet.
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 3n 4B once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
4B parameters, a Q4 file is about 2.5 to 3.3 GB
- BARE MINIMUM
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 (or 8 GB RAM laptop)
4 GB VRAM / 8 GB RAM
~$80 USEDQ4 quantization, ~15 tok/s, 4k context
- SWEET SPOT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
12 GB VRAM
~$260 USEDQ8 / FP16 full offload, ~55 tok/s, 32k context
- FULL POWER
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB
16 GB VRAM
~$750 NEWFP16 precision, ~85 tok/s, full 128k context
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN GEMMA 3N 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 3n 4B takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMNvidia GeForce GTX 1650 (or 8 GB RAM laptop) | SWEET SPOTNvidia GeForce RTX 3060 12GB | FULL POWERNvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write an emaila paragraph or two, drafted from a one-line brief | ~33 S | ~9 S | ~6 S |
| Summarize a documenta long report boiled down to the points that matter | ~1.7 MIN★★★★★ | ~27 S★★★★★ | ~18 S★★★★★ |
| Build a websitea small landing page, markup and styles together | ~8.9 MIN★★★★★ | ~2.4 MIN★★★★★ | ~1.6 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a backendan API with routes, storage and tests | ~28 MIN★★★★★ | ~7.6 MIN★★★★★ | ~4.9 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a gamea playable browser game in one file | ~17 MIN★★★★★ | ~4.5 MIN★★★★★ | ~2.9 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
Not enough discussion about Gemma 3n 4B yet to call it. We found 28 posts but people did not say much either way.
27 POSTS · 1 COMMENTS · REDDIT · GITHUB
PEOPLE LOVE
- No fan mail yet. The crowd is still warming up.
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- No complaints yet. The internet is still looking for one. Suspicious.
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Other models the crowd has fully reviewed, starting with multimodal models like this one.
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GLM 5.3> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2025-07-01 · 61 UPVOTESGemma 3n Fine-tuning out now!
Gemma 3n Fine-tuning out now!
- REDDIT · 2025-07-02 · 59 UPVOTESGemma 3n $150,000 challenge
Gemma 3n $150,000 challenge
- REDDIT · 2025-07-13 · 57 UPVOTESUnsloth GGUF + Model Updates: Gemma 3n fixed, MedGemma, Falcon, Orpheus, SmolLM, & more!
Unsloth GGUF + Model Updates: Gemma 3n fixed, MedGemma, Falcon, Orpheus, SmolLM, & more!
- 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!
- REDDIT · 2025-07-30 · 21 UPVOTESGoogle Gemma 3n Challenge ($150,000 in prizes) ends in 7 days! + New Gemma 3n notebooks
Google Gemma 3n Challenge ($150,000 in prizes) ends in 7 days! + New Gemma 3n notebooks
- REDDIT · 2025-06-28 · 19 UPVOTESGemma 3N Bug fixes + imatrix version
Gemma 3N Bug fixes + imatrix version
- REDDIT · 2026-01-10 · 8 UPVOTESChoosing the right dataset format for dialogues
Choosing the right dataset format for dialogues
- REDDIT · 2025-05-21 · 8 UPVOTESGemma 3N E4B and Gemini 2.5 Flash Tested
Gemma 3N E4B and Gemini 2.5 Flash Tested
- REDDIT · 2025-04-13 · 6 UPVOTESVRAM Estimate Needed: Concurrent Gemma 3 4B Fine-tuning (GRPO) + vLLM Judge
VRAM Estimate Needed: Concurrent Gemma 3 4B Fine-tuning (GRPO) + vLLM Judge
- REDDIT · 2025-10-29 · 6 UPVOTESAny context management features on the horizon?
Any context management features on the horizon?
- REDDIT · 2026-04-11 · 5 UPVOTESFound this list from an api call. Is there any unreleased models/suprises?
Found this list from an api call. Is there any unreleased models/suprises?
- REDDIT · 2025-06-10 · 3 UPVOTESIssue with finetuning Gemma 3 with "train_on_responses_only"
Issue with finetuning Gemma 3 with "train_on_responses_only"