Model profile
google

Google: Gemma 3n 4B

Google: Gemma 3n 4B is a budget text-first model from google with a heavy runtime profile, standard context posture, and the clearest fit around long-context research / reasoning.

Best for: Long-context research / ReasoningHeavy latencyStandard contextBudget pricing
Intelligence
N/A

Benchmark blend

Coding
N/A

Dev workflow signal

Context
33K Tokens

Standard

Input Price
$0.02

Budget tier

Decision snapshot
51

Google: Gemma 3n 4B currently reads as a budget text-first option with standard context and a heavy runtime profile.

Overall profile
Use-case specific
Best for
Long-context research / Reasoning
Latency tier
Heavy
Price tier
Budget
Source coverage
OpenRouter

Decision Strip

Decision rail before the raw tables

Core buy-side signals stay in one pass. The rest of the page expands only after intelligence, speed, context, and price are clear.

Intelligence
N/A
44

General reasoning and benchmark headroom.

Situational
Speed
N/A
46

Latency data is partial.

Situational
Context
33K Tokens
48

How much prompt and task state can stay in view.

Situational
Price
$0.02
86

$0.04 output / 1M

Efficient

Editorial Profile

Google: Gemma 3n 4B in one narrative

Positioning, tradeoffs, and fit are consolidated into one read instead of repeating the same story across separate cards.

Use-case specificCoding score 40Math score 36

Gemma 3n E4B-it is optimized for efficient execution on mobile and low-resource devices, such as phones, laptops, and tablets. It supports multimodal inputs—including text, visual data, and audio—enabling diverse tasks such as text generation, speech recognition, translation, and image analysis. Leveraging innovations like Per-Layer Embedding (PLE) caching and the MatFormer architecture, Gemma 3n dynamically manages memory usage and computational load by selectively activating model parameters, significantly reducing runtime resource requirements. This model supports a wide linguistic range (trained in over 140 languages) and features a flexible 32K token context window. Gemma 3n can selectively load parameters, optimizing memory and computational efficiency based on the task or device capabilities, making it well-suited for privacy-focused, offline-capable applications and on-device AI solutions. [Read more in the blog post](https://developers.googleblog.com/en/introducing-gemma-3n/)

Identity

google text-first profile

Positioning

Long-context research / Reasoning with standard context and heavy runtime.

Cost posture

Efficient spend profile. More comfortable for sustained prompt volume if the capability fit is right.

Strengths
  • The available source data suggests a balanced profile rather than one dominant edge.

Tradeoffs
  • Budget-friendly input pricing is a strength, but raw capability may vary by workload.

  • Latency profile is better for deliberate runs than rapid back-and-forth chat.

  • Current metadata points to a text-first profile rather than a broad multimodal one.

  • Context window is more comfortable for focused tasks than extremely long sessions.

Best fit
  • Focused chat, retrieval-augmented flows, and narrower production tasks.

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Benchmarks

Grouped by job-to-be-done

Only benchmark categories with actual signal are shown. Secondary values stay as simple definitions instead of nested micro-cards.

No benchmark data is available for this model yet.

Specs & Pricing

Technical snapshot and cost posture

Specs stay neutral, pricing gets emphasis through values rather than extra containers. Raw provider internals remain in metadata at the end.

Technical snapshot
Context Window
33K Tokens
Vision
Text-first
Modalities
text->text, text
Tokenizer
Other
Moderation
No
Supported Parameters
frequency_penaltylogit_biasmax_tokensmin_ppresence_penaltyrepetition_penaltystoptemperaturetop_ktop_p
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text
Price architecture
Input
per 1M input tokens
$0.02
Output
per 1M output tokens
$0.04
Blended
AA 3:1 mix
N/A

This model is relatively efficient on price. It is the easier fit when sustained prompt volume matters.

Metadata

Raw source tables at the end

Verification details remain available, but the page no longer forces them ahead of the editorial read.