Models2026-06-08 · source-backed
Google shipped Gemma 4 12B (Apache 2.0) plus QAT variants for on-device.
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Google released Gemma 4 12B June 3 under clean Apache 2.0, native multimodality, up to 256K context on larger variants, with the 31B reportedly at 85.2% MMLU Pro. Two days later came QAT versions optimized for mobile and laptop hardware. The 12B size targets the single-GPU sweet spot, and QAT preserves accuracy at lower bit-widths, which makes local agentic workloads actually practical instead of aspirational.
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