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Gemma 4
Gemma 4 is a Google language model released Mar 31, 2026; Google's newest language model in our dataset is Gemini 4 Argon. Open weights (Apache 2.0). Google's open-weights Gemma 4 family in E2B, E4B, 12B, 26B A4B and 31B sizes, released from Mar 31, 2026, the easiest open family to run on your own hardware. Verified against vendor sources on Oct 26, 2026.
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- ReleasedMar 31, 2026
- Context window256K256,000 tokens
- LicenceOpen weightsApache 2.0
InTextImageVideoAudioOutText
Key facts
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | n/a | |
| Released | Mar 31, 2026 E2B, E4B, 26B A4B and 31B on Mar 31, 2026; the 12B Unified model followed on Jun 3, 2026. | source |
| Status | generally available | n/a |
| Context window | 256,000 tokens (256K) 128K for the small E2B/E4B sizes; 256K for the medium sizes. | source |
| Input | text, image, video, audio Audio input is native only on the E2B, E4B and 12B sizes. | source |
| Output | text | source |
| Licence | Apache 2.0 (open weights) | source |
Where Gemma 4 sits in our data
- Released Mar 31, 2026 (week 14 of 2026), in March 2026. Other models in our data released that month: Cohere Transcribe, Voxtral TTS, GPT-5.4 mini, Mistral Small 4, Grok 4.20, GPT-5.4.
- The previous Google model we track is Gemini 3.1 Pro (Feb 19, 2026), 40 days earlier.
- Of the 60 models in our data with a published context window, Gemma 4 has the number 49 largest (256K tokens). Our data is not every model on the market.
- Google tools we cover: Gemini Notebook, Google ADK, Gemini CLI.
- All releases by date: AI model releases by month · new AI models this week. Choosing for code: best LLM for coding.
How Gemma 4 differs from Gemini 4 Argon
Read from the recorded facts of the two models, not from a head-to-head test. We have not run either.
- We have no recorded price for Gemma 4; Gemini 4 Argon has one.
- Context window is 256K tokens against 1.05M for Gemini 4 Argon.
- Input is text, image, video, audio, against text, image, video, audio, pdf for Gemini 4 Argon.
- Gemma 4 came out 196 days before Gemini 4 Argon.
- Facts for the other model: Gemini 4 Argon.
What we tested
Nothing yet. We have not run Gemma 4 ourselves, so every fact on this page is Reported from the sources below. When we do test it, the scope will be stated here and in our test logs. See methodology.
Sources
More from Google
- Gemini 4 Argon (Oct 13, 2026)
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (May 7, 2026)
- Gemini 3.1 Pro (Feb 19, 2026)
- Nano Banana Pro (May 28, 2026)
- Nano Banana 2 Lite (Jun 30, 2026)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite (Jul 21, 2026)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash (Jul 21, 2026)