Gemma 3 12B

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Multimodal Gemma model with text + image understanding. Part of the most-downloaded family on Ollama (33M+ pulls). Sweet spot between quality and hardware requirements.

Text Generation Local Gemma Family v3
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Parameters
12B
params
Context Window
131K
tokens
Max Output
-
tokens
Input Price
-
per 1M tokens
Output Price
-
per 1M tokens

Gemma Family Timeline 7 versions

FunctionGemma local
Dec 2025
Gemma 3 12B Current local
Mar 2025
Gemma 3 27B Latest local
Mar 2025
Gemma 2 9B local
Jun 2024
Gemma 2 2B local
Jun 2024
Gemma 2 27B local
Jun 2024
Gemma 3 1B (llama.cpp) local
Feb 2024

Capabilities

👁️
Vision
⚡
Function Calling
📋
JSON Mode
🌊
Streaming
💬
System Prompt
🖥️
Code Execution
🔍
Web Search
🔌
MCP Support

Local Model Specs

Quantization
Q4_K_M
Architecture
Dense Transformer
Runtime
Ollama / llama.cpp
Disk Size
8.1 GB

Details

Release Date
March 12, 2025
Knowledge Cutoff
-
Source
Local
License
Gemma Terms of Use
Model ID
gemma3-12b
Last updated: March 13, 2026