Gemma 4 has surpassed 150 million downloads as of the announcement on 2026-06-03.

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Google announced that Gemma 4 has exceeded 150 million downloads and introduced Gemma 4 12B, a compact, encoder-free multimodal model that can run locally on laptops with about 16 GB VRAM. Released under an Apache 2.0 license, the 12B model aims to combine edge efficiency with strong reasoning performance for on-device use.

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Google released Gemma 4 12B, an encoder-free multimodal model designed to run locally on a laptop with ~16 GB VRAM.

Gemma 4 12B is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license and emphasizes edge efficiency while providing advanced reasoning capabilities.

Celebrating the milestone of a massive 150+ million downloads of Gemma 4 with the release of the new Gemma 4 12B model! It's incredibly powerful for such a small model and it’s tiny enough to run locally on a laptop with just 16GB VRAM. Apache 2.0 license - happy building!

Google Gemma (@googlegemma)

Meet Gemma 4 12B!

A unified, encoder-free multimodal model designed to bring high-performance intelligence directly to your laptop, and released under an Apache 2.0 license.

Bridging the gap between edge efficiency and advanced reasoning. Here is what’s new with Gemma 4 12B: 👇

— https://nitter.net/googlegemma/status/2062202706882883696#m

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