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Gemma 3 4B

Vision support depends on runtime and projector compatibility.

Primary source
Total parameters4B
Estimated memory~4.2 GBINT4 / GGUF Q4
Context128KText + Image
LicenseGemma140+ languages
01 / BEST FOR
  • vision
  • document Q&A
  • multilingual chat
02 / ESTIMATED FIT
8 GB CPU laptopTight16 GB CPU desktopComfortableApple silicon · 16 GBComfortableNVIDIA · 8 GBComfortableNVIDIA · 12 GBComfortable
03 / DEPLOY WITH
OllamaEasyollama run gemma3:4b
llama.cppMediumllama-server -m /path/to/verified-model.gguf --port 8080
LM StudioEasySearch “google/gemma-3-4b-it” → Load a Q4/INT4 build → Start Server
MLX LMMediummlx_lm.chat --model google/gemma-3-4b-it
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Vision support depends on runtime and projector compatibility.