Capability gains

Google releases eight Gemma 3 open model checkpoints

Google released Gemma 3 base and instruction-tuned checkpoints at 1B, 4B, 12B and 27B sizes, with multimodal reasoning, long context and broad local and cloud distribution.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM64confidence 98/100

Why it moved the index

The family combined improved open-weight capability with multimodality, function calling, long context and deployment from phones to cloud systems, materially increasing diffusion and downstream control difficulty.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 64 · confidence 98

    New March 2025 open-weight family release with eight separately published checkpoint identities and no durable collision.

    12 Aug 2026