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Gemma 3 1B

Small and efficient, but not a substitute for larger reasoning models.

Primary source
Total parameters1B
Estimated memory~1.4 GBINT4 / GGUF Q4
Context32KText
LicenseGemma140+ languages
01 / BEST FOR
  • classification
  • summaries
  • edge
02 / ESTIMATED FIT
8 GB CPU laptopComfortable16 GB CPU desktopComfortableApple silicon · 16 GBComfortableNVIDIA · 8 GBComfortableNVIDIA · 12 GBComfortable
03 / DEPLOY WITH
OllamaEasyollama run gemma3:1b
llama.cppMediumllama-server -m /path/to/verified-model.gguf --port 8080
LM StudioEasySearch “google/gemma-3-1b-it” → Load a Q4/INT4 build → Start Server
MLX LMMediummlx_lm.chat --model google/gemma-3-1b-it
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Small and efficient, but not a substitute for larger reasoning models.