Gemma 3 4B

by Google · gemma-3 family

4B

parameters

text-generation code-generation reasoning multilingual vision summarization

Gemma 3 4B is the smallest multimodal model in the Gemma 3 family, supporting both text and image inputs. It delivers impressive performance for its size, outperforming many larger text-only models on standard benchmarks. With 128K context and vision support at just 5 GB VRAM (Q4), it's an excellent choice for users with 8 GB GPUs who want multimodal capabilities. Drag images into Ollama's desktop app to ask questions about them.

Quick Start with Ollama

ollama run 4b-it-q4_K_M
Resources Ollama Hugging Face Official Page
Creator Google
Parameters 4B
Architecture transformer-decoder
Context 128K tokens
Released Mar 12, 2025
License Gemma Terms of Use
Ollama gemma3:4b

Quantization Options

Format File Size VRAM Required Quality Ollama Tag
Q4_K_M rec 3.3 GB 5 GB
4b-it-q4_K_M
Q8_0 5 GB 7.5 GB
4b-it-q8_0
F16 8.6 GB 11.5 GB
4b-it-fp16

Compatible Hardware

for Q4_K_M (5 GB VRAM)

Compatible Hardware

Hardware VRAM Type Fit Est. Speed
Mac Studio M4 Ultra 512GB 512 GB mac Runs ~164 tok/s
Mac Pro M2 Ultra 192GB 192 GB mac Runs ~160 tok/s
Mac Studio M4 Ultra 192GB 192 GB mac Runs ~164 tok/s
Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB 128 GB mac Runs ~109 tok/s
MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB 128 GB mac Runs ~109 tok/s
MacBook Pro M3 Max 96GB 96 GB mac Runs ~80 tok/s
Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB 64 GB mac Runs ~55 tok/s
Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB 64 GB mac Runs ~109 tok/s
MacBook Pro M4 Max 64GB 64 GB mac Runs ~109 tok/s
Mac mini M4 Pro 48GB 48 GB mac Runs ~55 tok/s
MacBook Pro M3 Max 48GB 48 GB mac Runs ~80 tok/s
MacBook Pro M4 Max 48GB 48 GB mac Runs ~109 tok/s
MacBook Pro M4 Pro 48GB 48 GB mac Runs ~55 tok/s
Mac Studio M4 Max 36GB 36 GB mac Runs ~109 tok/s
MacBook Pro M3 Pro 36GB 36 GB mac Runs ~30 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB gpu Runs ~358 tok/s
iMac M4 32GB 32 GB mac Runs ~24 tok/s
Mac mini M4 32GB 32 GB mac Runs ~24 tok/s
MacBook Air M4 32GB 32 GB mac Runs ~24 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB gpu Runs ~192 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB gpu Runs ~187 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB gpu Runs ~202 tok/s
iMac M3 24GB 24 GB mac Runs ~20 tok/s
Mac mini M2 24GB 24 GB mac Runs ~20 tok/s
Mac mini M4 Pro 24GB 24 GB mac Runs ~55 tok/s
MacBook Air M2 24GB 24 GB mac Runs ~20 tok/s
MacBook Air M4 24GB 24 GB mac Runs ~24 tok/s
MacBook Pro M4 Pro 24GB 24 GB mac Runs ~55 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB gpu Runs ~160 tok/s
MacBook Pro M3 Pro 18GB 18 GB mac Runs ~30 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB gpu Runs ~102 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB gpu Runs ~125 tok/s
Intel Arc A770 16 GB gpu Runs ~112 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB 16 GB gpu Runs ~58 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16 GB gpu Runs ~134 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super 16 GB gpu Runs ~147 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB gpu Runs ~143 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB gpu Runs ~179 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB gpu Runs ~192 tok/s
iMac M1 16GB 16 GB mac Runs ~14 tok/s
iMac M4 16GB 16 GB mac Runs ~24 tok/s
Mac mini M1 16GB 16 GB mac Runs ~14 tok/s
Mac mini M4 16GB 16 GB mac Runs ~24 tok/s
MacBook Air M2 16GB 16 GB mac Runs ~20 tok/s
MacBook Air M3 16GB 16 GB mac Runs ~20 tok/s
MacBook Air M4 16GB 16 GB mac Runs ~24 tok/s
MacBook Pro M1 16GB 16 GB mac Runs ~14 tok/s
MacBook Pro M2 Pro 16GB 16 GB mac Runs ~40 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB gpu Runs ~86 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB gpu Runs ~72 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB 12 GB gpu Runs ~182 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12 GB gpu Runs ~101 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB gpu Runs ~101 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB gpu Runs ~101 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB gpu Runs ~134 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB gpu Runs ~123 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB 10 GB gpu Runs ~152 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7600 8 GB gpu Runs ~58 tok/s
Intel Arc A750 8 GB gpu Runs ~102 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB gpu Runs ~90 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB gpu Runs ~90 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB 8 GB gpu Runs ~58 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB gpu Runs ~54 tok/s
MacBook Air M1 8GB 8 GB mac Runs ~14 tok/s
MacBook Air M2 8GB 8 GB mac Runs ~20 tok/s

Benchmark Scores

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