Gemma 3

Google · Gemma line · lightweight · open weights

Released March 12, 2025Replaced by Gemma 3n

Gemma 3 was released by Google on March 12, 2025, as an open-weights lightweight model in the Gemma line.

Release 7 of 11 in the Gemma line.
Came 97 days after PaliGemma 2, released Dec 5, 2024.
Replaced by Gemma 3n on May 20, 2025, 69 days later.
These days the line ships a new model about every 69 days.

What changed

Open-weights models in 1B, 4B, 12B and 27B sizes with a 128K-token context window, with image input on the 4B, 12B and 27B sizes.

Sources: Google

Get new AI models by email

Every Monday, only when something shipped: the AI models that came out, what each one changed, and which lines are due next.

We email you a link to confirm first · unsubscribe anytime · read past issues · about the newsletter · RSS for the Gemma line

Where the Gemma line stands

DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B is the current model in this line. The card shows how long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.

Gemma

Google · lightweight line · open weights

Latest: DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B · Jun 10, 2026

Longer than usual136 days since the last release · usual gap 69 days

Google's first open-weight text diffusion model: 26B parameters with 3.8B active, Apache 2.0, generating over 1,000 tokens per second on a single H100.

What changed in DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B →

Days since last release

136

days

Usual gap

days

Recent gaps

DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B · Jun 2026

Gemma 4 12B Unified · Jun 2026

Gemma 4 · Apr 2026

317

Gemma 3n · May 2025

Every Gemma release

Newest first. See the full line with every card →

Jun 10, 2026DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B
Jun 3, 2026Gemma 4 12B Unified
Apr 2, 2026Gemma 4
May 20, 2025Gemma 3n
Mar 12, 2025Gemma 3 · this page
Dec 5, 2024PaliGemma 2
Jun 27, 2024Gemma 2
May 14, 2024PaliGemma
Apr 9, 2024CodeGemma
Apr 9, 2024RecurrentGemma
Feb 21, 2024Gemma 1