Google releases Gemma 3 (1B–27B, 128K context, multimodal, 140+ languages)

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Gemma 3 (1B–27B, 128K context, multimodal, 140+ languages)

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The maturing of the small, on-device route

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  1. Previous stopKanana Nano 2.1B
  2. This recordGemma 3
  3. Next stopQwen3-Coder
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In the model family tree — Gemma family · 7 versions

  1. Earlier versionGemma 2
  2. This recordGemma 3
  3. Later versionGemma 3n
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