Gemma 2 9B is Google's language model with a 8K context window and up to 8K output tokens, starting at $0.2 / 1M input and $0.2 / 1M output. A 9-billion-parameter Gemma 2 open-weight LLM balancing capability and computational efficiency.
Specifications
Canonical IDgoogle-gemma-2-9b
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorGoogleGoogle
Providers
Context Window8K tokens
Max Output8K tokens
Input ModalitiesImage
Output ModalitiesText
Parameters9B

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text·
Image✓
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities1/13
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·

Pricing by Provider

US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Vercel AI Gateway logo
Vercel AI Gateway
vercel_ai_gateway/google/gemma-2-9b
$0.2$0.2

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Cheapest Instances to Run It

Cloud GPU instances that can host Gemma 2 9B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 22 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)
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Instance
Cloud
GPU
VRAM
Price
Cheapest region
g2-standard-4GCPnvidia-l424 GB$0.705/hr
g6.xlargeAWSL422 GB$0.805/hr
g2-standard-8GCPnvidia-l424 GB$0.851/hr
7 more instances can run Gemma 2 9B
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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Gemma 4 31B————Available
Gemma 4 26B A4B————Available
Gemma 4 26B A4B—256K$0.130$0.400Available
Gemma 4 31B—256K$0.140$0.400Available
Gemma 4 12B————Available
Gemma 4 E4B————Available
Gemma 4 E4B————Available
Gemma 4 E2B—128K$0.040$0.080Available
Gemma 4————Available
Gemma 4 E2B————Available
Gemma 2 9B—8K$0.200$0.200Current

Model IDs

google-gemma-2-9b
huggingface-llm-gemma-2-9b
vercel_ai_gateway/google/gemma-2-9b