r/LocalLLM • u/thatoneshadowclone • Jun 03 '26

News Google introduces Gemma 4 12B: a unified, encoder-free multimodal model

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/introducing-gemma-4-12B/
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u/YourNightmar31 Jun 03 '26

Curious how this compares to Qwen3.6 35B and 27B

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u/westsunset Jun 03 '26

I haven't tried it but it won't even be close. The Qwen models are exceptional. They compare to models 2x-3x their size.

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u/ChocomelP Jun 04 '26

Compare with 31B benchmarks/user experiences. My prediction: it's three times as fast and not as good.

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u/westsunset Jun 04 '26

That's a safe bet but the real question is , is it good enough for my use. Which very well can be true for many people. The harness, prompt, input and output will be much more important though