gemma-4-26B-A4B-it vs gemma-4-12b-it-GGUF

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.

google · A
Params
26.5 B
Context
30d
10.0 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
unsloth · B
Params
12.0 B
Context
30d
898 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification gemma-4-26B-A4B-it gemma-4-12b-it-GGUF
Parameters 26.5 B 12.0 B
Architecture Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages
Downloads 30d 10,031,000 898,177
Downloads all time 61.6 M 3.4 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS GGUF
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-03-11 2026-05-29

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)

13.0 M844 K
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it gemma-4-12b-it-GGUF

VRAM side by side

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

gemma-4-12b-it-GGUF · Q4_0 9.7 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it · fp16 61.3 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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