When was Gemma 3 released?

Gemma 3 was released by Google on Wednesday, Mar 12 2025.

Gemma 3 was built by Google. Builds the Gemini family of models through Google DeepMind. Integrates AI across Google products.

What benchmark scores did Gemma 3 get?

Gemma 3 reports 1 tracked benchmark score — BullshitBench v2: 3%. Tracked scores may come from lab reports or independent benchmarks; source details accompany the benchmark data.

Is Gemma 3 open source?

Partly. Gemma 3 is an open-weight model: the trained weights are free to download and run locally or on your own infrastructure, but the training data and code are not fully released and the license may restrict some commercial uses. It is not open source in the strict sense.

What came before and after Gemma 3?

Google's previous tracked release was Gemini 2.0 Pro on Feb 5 2025, 35 days earlier. It was followed by Gemini 2.5 Pro on Mar 25 2025.

Gemma 3Open Weight

Released Mar 12 2025

Gemma 3 is an AI model released by Google on Wednesday, Mar 12 2025, 35 days after Gemini 2.0 Pro. It is an open-weight model — the trained weights are available to download and run. Benchmark results (shown below) cover BullshitBench v2.

Available from


DeepInfra	4b-it	$0.05	$0.10	128K	bf16
DeepInfra	12b-it	$0.05	$0.15	128K	bf16
NextBit	12b-it	$0.05	$0.15	128K	int4
DeepInfra	27b-it	$0.08	$0.16	128K	fp8
Novita	27b-it	$0.119	$0.20	100K	bf16
NextBit	27b-it	$0.08	$0.30	128K	fp8
Nebius	27b-it	$0.10	$0.30	110K	fp8
Parasail	27b-it	$0.08	$0.45	128K	fp8

USD per 1M tokens

Benchmarks

BullshitBench v2

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About

Gemma 3, released March 12, 2025, is Google's open-weight family distilled from Gemini technology, spanning roughly 1B to 27B parameters with vision support and a 128K context window on the larger sizes. Its design target was practical: state-of-the-art quality for a model that runs on a single GPU or TPU.

The 27B variant punched far above its weight on human-preference leaderboards, rivalling much larger open models, and the family's permissive terms and small-hardware footprint made it a staple for on-device and self-hosted deployments. Gemma 4 continued the line in April 2026.

Frequently asked questions

: Gemma 3 was released by Google on Wednesday, Mar 12 2025.
: Gemma 3 was built by Google. Builds the Gemini family of models through Google DeepMind. Integrates AI across Google products.
: Gemma 3 reports 1 tracked benchmark score — BullshitBench v2: 3%. Tracked scores may come from lab reports or independent benchmarks; source details accompany the benchmark data.
: Partly. Gemma 3 is an open-weight model: the trained weights are free to download and run locally or on your own infrastructure, but the training data and code are not fully released and the license may restrict some commercial uses. It is not open source in the strict sense.
: Google's previous tracked release was Gemini 2.0 Pro on Feb 5 2025, 35 days earlier. It was followed by Gemini 2.5 Pro on Mar 25 2025.