gemma-4-E4B-it (google) specs, prices, where it runs and its benchmark standing

Name: gemma-4-E4B-it (google)
Author: Google

open weights · top 10 on 0 of 1 · released Mar 2, 2026

Provider: Google
Release date: Mar 2, 2026; Hugging Face
Parameters: 8B total; Hugging Face
Modalities: Text, Image, Audio to Text, Audio; Hugging Face
License: Apache 2.0; Hugging Face
Hosting: self-host: weights on Hugging Face
Hardware: Estimate: about 16 GB of weights as published (BF16), about 8 GB at 8-bit, about 4 GB at 4-bit, plus memory for the context; Hugging Face config
Weights: Open weights
Benchmarks: 1 board captured

Rank	Board	Category	Score	Of	Over time
58	Open ASRSpeech · as “google/gemma-4-E4B-it”	Speech	13.20 WER	62

Versions and release history

2 versions in this line since Mar 2, 2026, from Pricing, OpenRouter and the boards.

Version	Released	Source
gemma-4-E2B-it (google)	Mar 2, 20268 months ago	Hugging Face
gemma-4-E4B-it (google)this model	Mar 2, 20268 months ago	Hugging Face

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