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Gemma 4 12B

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Gemma 4 12B is a separately released multimodal update using a unified, encoder-free architecture. Image patches and audio waveforms enter through linear projections into the language model instead of dedicated modality encoders. Its approximately 12B dense decoder supports text, vision, audio, thinking, and native tool use with a 256K context. Quantized deployment targets consumer hardware, including laptops with 16GB of memory; actual capacity depends on precision and context.

2026-06-03
11.95B
Dense decoder-only Transformer with direct linear projections of image patches and audio waveforms; no dedicated vision or audio encoder
Apache-2.0

Specifications

Parameters
11.95B
Architecture
Dense decoder-only Transformer with direct linear projections of image patches and audio waveforms; no dedicated vision or audio encoder
License
Apache-2.0
Context Window
262,144 tokens
Training Data Cutoff
2025-01
Type
multimodal
Modalities
textimageaudiovideo

Benchmark Scores

Advanced Specifications

Model Family
Gemma
API Access
Not Available
Chat Interface
Not Available
Multilingual Support
Yes
Variants
Gemma 4 12B pre-trainedGemma 4 12B instruction-tunedMulti-token prediction draft heads
Hardware Support
GPUTPUCPU

Capabilities & Limitations

Capabilities
reasoningcodevisionaudio understandingvideo framesfunction calling
Known Limitations
Audio and video duration limits still apply.Quantization and long contexts affect quality and memory use.Generated facts and tool arguments require verification.
Notable Use Cases
local multimodal assistantslaptop inferencetool-driven applications
Function Calling Support
Yes
Tool Use Support
Yes

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