Gemma 4 E2B IT
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Language model
Gemma 4 E2B IT
- Released
- April 2, 2026
- Data date
- September 26, 2026
- Input
- Text, Image, Audio
- Output
- Text
What is new in Google Gemma 4 E2B IT is the smallest instruction-tuned Gemma 4 variant, with 2.3 billion effective parameters and 5.1 billion including embeddings. That distinction explains its local-device focus without making E2B a 2B total model.
Apache 2.0 and the compact parameter size mark the checkpoint’s on-device direction. The E stands for effective parameters, not a shortened model name. Gemma 4 E4B IT offers more capacity while keeping the same on-device direction.
Our tests
SVG short test
One SVG prompt and fixed output settings. Captures are shown only with 0 reported reasoning tokens or documented lack of reasoning controls. Identical test conditions do not make the models' internal compute identical.
Popularity
45.4 / 100
Sources and data date
| Type | Evidence and data date |
|---|---|
| Input | Documented modalities. Retrieved September 26, 2026. |
| Output | Documented modalities. Retrieved September 26, 2026. |
| Additional source | Hugging Face · Gemma 4 E2B instruction-tuned weights · 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 |