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Checked Active: 2026-10-15
Google
Gemma 4 (local)
Best all-round local family: E4B for laptops, 26B A4B for strong reasoning and code on a 24 GB GPU or 32 GB Mac.
Evaluation Analysis: Image input on every size; audio on E2B and E4B. Plan on RAM or VRAM of roughly the download size plus 2 to 4 GB for context.
Context Window128K (E2B, E4B) / 256K (12B, 26B, 31B)
Input Price / 1MFree (local)
Output Price / 1MFree (local)
Release Date2026-03-31
Run it locally
ollama run gemma4:e4b- Ollama tag
- gemma4:e4b (also e2b, 12b, 26b, 31b)
- LM Studio name
- google/gemma-4-e4b (also -e2b, -12b, -26b-a4b, -31b, plus -qat)
- Download size by quantization
- E2B 4.6 GB Q4 / 6.0 GB Q8; E4B 6.6 / 9.0 GB; 12B 8.0 / 13 GB; 26B A4B 18 / 28 GB; 31B 20 / 34 GB
- License
- Apache 2.0
Memory needed is roughly the download size plus 2 to 4 GB for context. See how to run AI locally.
Specs and prices checked 2026-10-15 against the official page.