gemma-3-270m vs gemma-3-270m-it

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 16 August 2026.

google · A · Open weights
Params
270 M
Context
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30d
238 K
gemma licence · conditional
google · B · Open weights
Params
270 M
Context
—
30d
172 K
gemma licence · conditional

Specification comparison

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Specification gemma-3-270m gemma-3-270m-it
Parameters 270 M 270 M
Architecture Gemma3ForCausalLM Gemma3ForCausalLM
Context length — —
Licence gemma gemma
Commercial use Conditional Conditional
Languages — —
Downloads 30d 237,541 171,508
Downloads all time 17.2 M 3.0 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated Yes — accept licence Yes — accept licence
First seen on the Hub 2025-08-05 2025-07-30

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)

1.9 M172 K
gemma-3-270m gemma-3-270m-it

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

gemma-3-270m · fp16 1.1 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
gemma-3-270m-it · fp16 1.1 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

Adjacent comparisons