Gemma 4 12B
Gemma 4 12B is Google's language model. A mid-size 12B-parameter open-weight language model from Google's Gemma 4 series, designed for efficient text generation and instruction following.
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Gemma 4 12B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 29 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_NV16as_v4 |  Azure | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 32 GB | $0.932/hr | westus2 | |
| Standard_NP10s | Azure | AMD Alveo U250 FPGA (64GB) | 64 GB | $1.65/hr | westus2 | |
| g6e.xlarge |  AWS | L40S | 45 GB | $1.86/hr | us-east-1 | |
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemma 4 12B | — | — | — | — | Current |
| Gemma 4 31B | — | 256K | $0.140 | $0.400 | Available |
| Gemma 4 26B A4B | — | 256K | $0.130 | $0.400 | Available |
| Gemma 4 31B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 26B A4B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 E4B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 E2B | — | 128K | $0.040 | $0.080 | Available |
| Gemma 4 E4B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 E2B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 26B | — | 131K | $0.030 | $0.165 | Available |