Language model
Gemma 4 12B IT
- Released
- June 3, 2026
- Data date
- September 26, 2026
Google Gemma 4 12B IT is distinguished by the 12B Unified variant’s direct multimodal path without separate audio or vision encoders. Released on June 3, 2026, the checkpoint accepts text, image, audio, and video input, generates text, and uses Apache 2.0 weights.
The model card lists up to 32,768 output tokens and more than 140 training languages. Gemma 4 31B IT is larger and dense, while 12B Unified routes modalities more directly through one model.
Specifications and access
Popularity
43.5 / 100
Sources and data date
| Type | Evidence and data date |
|---|---|
| Additional source | models.dev catalog (retrieved September 26, 2026) · models.dev model catalog · Editorial description reviewed October 2, 2026 |
| Additional source | Hugging Face (retrieved October 2, 2026) · Gemma 4 12B instruction-tuned weights · Editorial description reviewed October 2, 2026 |
| Additional source | blog.google (retrieved October 2, 2026) · Google Gemma 4 12B release · Editorial description reviewed October 2, 2026 |
| Additional source | OpenRouter: Popularity index (derived), CC BY 4.0 |
| Additional source | Vercel AI Gateway: Popularity index (derived), CC BY 4.0 |
| Additional source | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |