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Gemma 2 9B
Google's open-weight family. The 9B variant is the practical sweet spot — runs on a single GPU and outperforms older 13B-class models on most benchmarks.
- Modality
- Text
- License
- Gemma Terms of Use (Open weights)
- Parameter size
- 9B
- Context window
- 8,192 tokens
- Released
- June 27, 2024
- Last verified
- May 10, 2026
- Runs locally
- Yes
Strengths
- Backed by Google's training infrastructure
- Runs on a single consumer GPU
- Strong instruction following for size
Weaknesses
- 8k context window is small by 2026 standards
- Gemma Terms restrict some use cases
Try it
| Where | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hugging Face | weights | Gated — accept Gemma Terms |
| Ollama | local | ollama run gemma2 |
| Google AI Studio | hosted-api | Free tier |
Version history
- Gemma 4 31B May 2026
- Gemma 2 9B Jun 2024 Current Deprecated
Official sources
- Model card model
- Announcement announcement
Change log
- — Initial entry.
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