gemma-4-12B-it

Gemma family · 12.0B params

Evidence: 2 sourced runs · 2 awaiting review · 1 independent source · first recorded Jul 2, 2026 · last recorded Aug 19, 2026. What these labels mean.

What the gemma-4-12B-it numbers mean

The fastest verified result on our board is 89.7 output tok/s on an RTX 3060 at Q4_K_XL with a 4096-token context. That is about 11.2 ms per generated token — 500 tokens takes roughly 5.6 seconds. Prompt processing on the same record runs at 114.9 tok/s, so a 2,000-token prompt is read in about 17.4 seconds. Peak VRAM was measured at 9.3 GB. Across the 4 records we hold for this model the range is 37.0–89.7 tok/s on 3 GPUs, because quantisation, context length and the engine build all move the number.

How much VRAM does gemma-4-12B-it need?

gemma-4-12B-it has 12.0B parameters. These estimates use the same formula as the VRAM calculator: weights, plus about 15% for a moderate-context KV cache and runtime overhead, plus a small engine floor.

Long contexts and large batches raise the real number — read the smallest card as "possible with a reduced context". Measured throughput is on the benchmark board.

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