Gemma 3 1B
Google's smallest Gemma 3 — text-only 1B for phones and laptops
About
Gemma 3 1B is the entry point of Google's Gemma 3 family, released March 12, 2025. Unlike its 4B, 12B, and 27B siblings it is text-only, with a 32K context window and training on 2 trillion tokens. The Gemma license permits commercial use with some restrictions. It supports 140+ languages and runs on phones, laptops, and modest hardware, which made it a popular pick for on-device assistants, classification, and latency-sensitive chat. The team reports leading performance in the roughly 1B class on chat and instruction following. It will not keep up with larger models on hard reasoning, but that was never its job.
Specs
Context window
Pricing
Free quota
API access
Weights
Released
Benchmarks
Team-reported: leading performance in the ~1B class on chat and instruction-following (team-reported)
Provider-reported unless a source says otherwise. Benchmarks are marketing-adjacent by nature — treat them as directional.
Use cases
Trust score — 8/10
Scored 8/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: Released 2025-03-12 as part of Gemma 3 family, per Google and press; Gemma license (commercial allowed with restrictions) — caveat captured; Text-only 1B, 32K context, 2T training tokens, 140+ languages (team specs); Reasoning ceiling vs larger models noted honestly.