Parameters
27.0B
Architecture
Transformer (decoder-only)
Released
27.02.2025
License
Gemma Terms of Use
Input Modalities
Output Modalities
Context (native)
131,072 tokens
Context (extended)
131,072 tokens
About
Gemma 3 27B PT is the pre-trained-variant record for Google's largest Gemma 3 model (27B parameters, dense) - the base model behind gemma-3-27b-it, built from the same research and technology used to create the Gemini models, released February 27, 2025 under the Gemma Terms of Use. The underlying google/gemma-3-27b repository is access-gated; this record carries the pre-training (PT) benchmark scores for the 27B model.
Gemma 3 handles text and image input and generates text output, with a 128K context window and multilingual support in over 140 languages. The 27B model was trained on 14 trillion tokens of web documents, code, mathematics and images. Its architecture interleaves local sliding-window and global attention layers in a 5:1 local-global pattern, applies QK-Norm for stable attention, and uses a SigLIP-based vision encoder for image understanding.
Training Data 14 trillion tokens (web documents, code, mathematics, images) in 140+ languages
Benchmark Scores
| Benchmark | Score | Date |
|---|---|---|
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HellaSwag
reasoning
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93.95%
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27.02.2025 |
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BoolQ
reasoning
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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PIQA
reasoning
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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SocialIQA
reasoning
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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TriviaQA
knowledge
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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Natural Questions
knowledge
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100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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ARC-c
reasoning
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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ARC-e
reasoning
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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WinoGrande
reasoning
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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BIG-Bench Hard
reasoning
|
84.71%
|
27.02.2025 |
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DROP
reasoning
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
|
MMLU
knowledge
|
62.30%
|
27.02.2025 |
|
MMLU Pro COT
knowledge
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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AGIEval
reasoning
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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MATH
math
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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GSM8K
math
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
|
GPQA
reasoning
|
14.95%
|
27.02.2025 |
|
MBPP
code
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
|
HumanEval
code
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
|
MGSM
multilingual
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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Global-MMLU-Lite
multilingual
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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WMT24++ (en→xx)
multilingual
|
37.92%
|
27.02.2025 |
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FloRes
multilingual
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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XQuAD
multilingual
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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ECLeKTic
multilingual
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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IndicGenBench
multilingual
|
100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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COCOcap
multimodal
|
100.00%
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27.02.2025 |
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DocVQA
multimodal
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100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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InfoVQA
multimodal
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100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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MMMU
vision_language
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36.90%
|
27.02.2025 |
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TextVQA
multimodal
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100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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RealWorldQA
vision_language
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19.53%
|
27.02.2025 |
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ReMI
multimodal
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100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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AI2D_TEST
document_understanding
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52.49%
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27.02.2025 |
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ChartQA
multimodal
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100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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VQAv2
multimodal
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100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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BLINK
multimodal
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100.00%
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27.02.2025 |
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OKVQA
multimodal
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100.00%
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27.02.2025 |
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TallyQA
multimodal
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100.00%
|
27.02.2025 |
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SpatialSense VQA
multimodal
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93.41%
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27.02.2025 |
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CountBenchQA
multimodal
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100.00%
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27.02.2025 |
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ECLeKTic: a Novel Challenge Set for Evaluation of Cross-Lingual Knowledge Transfer
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WMT24++: Expanding the Language Coverage of WMT24 to 55 Languages & Dialects
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Gemini: A Family of Highly Capable Multimodal Models
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Benefits
Benefits
At the time of release, this family of models provides high-performance open vision-language model implementations designed from the ground up for responsible AI development compared to similarly sized models.
Using the benchmark evaluation metrics described in this document, these models have shown to provide superior performance to other, comparably-sized open model alternatives.
Model size
27B params
Tensor type
BF16
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Limitations
Limitations
- Training Data
- The quality and diversity of the training data significantly influence the model's capabilities. Biases or gaps in the training data can lead to limitations in the model's responses.
- The scope of the training dataset determines the subject areas the model can handle effectively.
- Context and Task Complexity
- Models are better at tasks that can be framed with clear prompts and instructions. Open-ended or highly complex tasks might be challenging.
- A model's performance can be influenced by the amount of context provided (longer context generally leads to better outputs, up to a certain point).
- Language Ambiguity and Nuance
- Natural language is inherently complex. Models might struggle to grasp subtle nuances, sarcasm, or figurative language.
- Factual Accuracy
- Models generate responses based on information they learned from their training datasets, but they are not knowledge bases. They may generate incorrect or outdated factual statements.
- Common Sense
- Models rely on statistical patterns in language. They might lack the ability to apply common sense reasoning in certain situations.
Intended Usage
Intended Usage
Open vision-language models (VLMs) models have a wide range of applications across various industries and domains. The following list of potential uses is not comprehensive. The purpose of this list is to provide contextual information about the possible use-cases that the model creators considered as part of model training and development.
- Content Creation and Communication
- Text Generation: These models can be used to generate creative text formats such as poems, scripts, code, marketing copy, and email drafts.
- Chatbots and Conversational AI: Power conversational interfaces for customer service, virtual assistants, or interactive applications.
- Text Summarization: Generate concise summaries of a text corpus, research papers, or reports.
- Image Data Extraction: These models can be used to extract, interpret, and summarize visual data for text communications.
- Research and Education
- Natural Language Processing (NLP) and VLM Research: These models can serve as a foundation for researchers to experiment with VLM and NLP techniques, develop algorithms, and contribute to the advancement of the field.
- Language Learning Tools: Support interactive language learning experiences, aiding in grammar correction or providing writing practice.
- Knowledge Exploration: Assist researchers in exploring large bodies of text by generating summaries or answering questions about specific topics.
Benchmark Results
Benchmark Results
These models were evaluated against a large collection of different datasets and metrics to cover different aspects of text generation:
Reasoning and factuality
| Benchmark | Metric | Gemma 3 PT 1B | Gemma 3 PT 4B | Gemma 3 PT 12B | Gemma 3 PT 27B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HellaSwag | 10-shot | 62.3 | 77.2 | 84.2 | 85.6 |
| BoolQ | 0-shot | 63.2 | 72.3 | 78.8 | 82.4 |
| PIQA | 0-shot | 73.8 | 79.6 | 81.8 | 83.3 |
| SocialIQA | 0-shot | 48.9 | 51.9 | 53.4 | 54.9 |
| TriviaQA | 5-shot | 39.8 | 65.8 | 78.2 | 85.5 |
| Natural Questions | 5-shot | 9.48 | 20.0 | 31.4 | 36.1 |
| ARC-c | 25-shot | 38.4 | 56.2 | 68.9 | 70.6 |
| ARC-e | 0-shot | 73.0 | 82.4 | 88.3 | 89.0 |
| WinoGrande | 5-shot | 58.2 | 64.7 | 74.3 | 78.8 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | few-shot | 28.4 | 50.9 | 72.6 | 77.7 |
| DROP | 1-shot | 42.4 | 60.1 | 72.2 | 77.2 |
STEM and code
| Benchmark | Metric | Gemma 3 PT 4B | Gemma 3 PT 12B | Gemma 3 PT 27B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 5-shot | 59.6 | 74.5 | 78.6 |
| MMLU (Pro COT) | 5-shot | 29.2 | 45.3 | 52.2 |
| AGIEval | 3-5-shot | 42.1 | 57.4 | 66.2 |
| MATH | 4-shot | 24.2 | 43.3 | 50.0 |
| GSM8K | 8-shot | 38.4 | 71.0 | 82.6 |
| GPQA | 5-shot | 15.0 | 25.4 | 24.3 |
| MBPP | 3-shot | 46.0 | 60.4 | 65.6 |
| HumanEval | 0-shot | 36.0 | 45.7 | 48.8 |
Multilingual
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 PT 1B | Gemma 3 PT 4B | Gemma 3 PT 12B | Gemma 3 PT 27B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MGSM | 2.04 | 34.7 | 64.3 | 74.3 |
| Global-MMLU-Lite | 24.9 | 57.0 | 69.4 | 75.7 |
| WMT24++ (ChrF) | 36.7 | 48.4 | 53.9 | 55.7 |
| FloRes | 29.5 | 39.2 | 46.0 | 48.8 |
| XQuAD (all) | 43.9 | 68.0 | 74.5 | 76.8 |
| ECLeKTic | 4.69 | 11.0 | 17.2 | 24.4 |
| IndicGenBench | 41.4 | 57.2 | 61.7 | 63.4 |
Multimodal
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 PT 4B | Gemma 3 PT 12B | Gemma 3 PT 27B |
|---|---|---|---|
| COCOcap | 102 | 111 | 116 |
| DocVQA (val) | 72.8 | 82.3 | 85.6 |
| InfoVQA (val) | 44.1 | 54.8 | 59.4 |
| MMMU (pt) | 39.2 | 50.3 | 56.1 |
| TextVQA (val) | 58.9 | 66.5 | 68.6 |
| RealWorldQA | 45.5 | 52.2 | 53.9 |
| ReMI | 27.3 | 38.5 | 44.8 |
| AI2D | 63.2 | 75.2 | 79.0 |
| ChartQA | 63.6 | 74.7 | 76.3 |
| VQAv2 | 63.9 | 71.2 | 72.9 |
| BLINK | 38.0 | 35.9 | 39.6 |
| OKVQA | 51.0 | 58.7 | 60.2 |
| TallyQA | 42.5 | 51.8 | 54.3 |
| SpatialSense VQA | 50.9 | 60.0 | 59.4 |
| CountBenchQA | 26.1 | 17.8 | 68.0 |
Implementation Information (hardware, software)
Implementation Information
Details about the model internals.
Hardware
Gemma was trained using Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) hardware (TPUv4p, TPUv5p and TPUv5e). Training vision-language models (VLMS) requires significant computational power. TPUs, designed specifically for matrix operations common in machine learning, offer several advantages in this domain:
- Performance: TPUs are specifically designed to handle the massive computations involved in training VLMs. They can speed up training considerably compared to CPUs.
- Memory: TPUs often come with large amounts of high-bandwidth memory, allowing for the handling of large models and batch sizes during training. This can lead to better model quality.
- Scalability: TPU Pods (large clusters of TPUs) provide a scalable solution for handling the growing complexity of large foundation models. You can distribute training across multiple TPU devices for faster and more efficient processing.
- Cost-effectiveness: In many scenarios, TPUs can provide a more cost-effective solution for training large models compared to CPU-based infrastructure, especially when considering the time and resources saved due to faster training.
- These advantages are aligned with Google's commitments to operate sustainably.
Software
Training was done using JAX and ML Pathways.
JAX allows researchers to take advantage of the latest generation of hardware, including TPUs, for faster and more efficient training of large models. ML Pathways is Google's latest effort to build artificially intelligent systems capable of generalizing across multiple tasks. This is specially suitable for foundation models, including large language models like these ones.
Together, JAX and ML Pathways are used as described in the paper about the Gemini family of models; "the 'single controller' programming model of Jax and Pathways allows a single Python process to orchestrate the entire training run, dramatically simplifying the development workflow."
Model Data (training dataset, preprocessing)
Model Data
Data used for model training and how the data was processed.
Training Dataset
These models were trained on a dataset of text data that includes a wide variety of sources. The 27B model was trained with 14 trillion tokens, the 12B model was trained with 12 trillion tokens, 4B model was trained with 4 trillion tokens and 1B with 2 trillion tokens. Here are the key components:
- Web Documents: A diverse collection of web text ensures the model is exposed to a broad range of linguistic styles, topics, and vocabulary. The training dataset includes content in over 140 languages.
- Code: Exposing the model to code helps it to learn the syntax and patterns of programming languages, which improves its ability to generate code and understand code-related questions.
- Mathematics: Training on mathematical text helps the model learn logical reasoning, symbolic representation, and to address mathematical queries.
- Images: A wide range of images enables the model to perform image analysis and visual data extraction tasks.
The combination of these diverse data sources is crucial for training a powerful multimodal model that can handle a wide variety of different tasks and data formats.
Data Preprocessing
Here are the key data cleaning and filtering methods applied to the training data:
- CSAM Filtering: Rigorous CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) filtering was applied at multiple stages in the data preparation process to ensure the exclusion of harmful and illegal content.
- Sensitive Data Filtering: As part of making Gemma pre-trained models safe and reliable, automated techniques were used to filter out certain personal information and other sensitive data from training sets.
- Additional methods: Filtering based on content quality and safety in line with our policies.
Inputs and Outputs
Inputs and outputs
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Input:
- Text string, such as a question, a prompt, or a document to be summarized
- Images, normalized to 896 x 896 resolution and encoded to 256 tokens each
- Total input context of 128K tokens for the 4B, 12B, and 27B sizes, and 32K tokens for the 1B size
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Output:
- Generated text in response to the input, such as an answer to a question, analysis of image content, or a summary of a document
- Total output context of 8192 tokens
Description (family)
Description
Gemma is a family of lightweight, state-of-the-art open models from Google, built from the same research and technology used to create the Gemini models. Gemma 3 models are multimodal, handling text and image input and generating text output, with open weights for both pre-trained variants and instruction-tuned variants. Gemma 3 has a large, 128K context window, multilingual support in over 140 languages, and is available in more sizes than previous versions. Gemma 3 models are well-suited for a variety of text generation and image understanding tasks, including question answering, summarization, and reasoning. Their relatively small size makes it possible to deploy them in environments with limited resources such as laptops, desktops or your own cloud infrastructure, democratizing access to state of the art AI models and helping foster innovation for everyone.
Gemma 3 Model Card (family overview, PT record)
Gemma 3 model card
Model Page: Gemma
Resources and Technical Documentation:
- Gemma 3 Technical Report
- Responsible Generative AI Toolkit
- Gemma on Kaggle
- Gemma on Vertex Model Garden
Terms of Use: Terms
Authors: Google DeepMind
Architecture
- Attention
- Grouped Query Attention
- Context
- 131K tokens
- Parameters
- 27000M
Source: extracted model record · model repo
Training Pipeline
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1
pretraining
Pretraining on 14 trillion tokens
Pretrained on 14 trillion tokens of web documents, code, mathematics, and images in 140+ languages. Trained on TPU (TPUv4p, TPUv5p, TPUv5e) using JAX and ML Pathways.
Training & Evaluation Datasets
| Name | Role | Size | Modalities | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web Documents (Multilingual) | pretraining | 14T tokens (27B), 12T (12B), 4T (4B), 2T (1B) | text | automated |
| Code Training Data | pretraining | — | code | automated |
| Mathematics Training Data | pretraining | — | text | automated |
| Image Training Data | pretraining | — | image | automated |
| CSAM-Filtered Data | pretraining | — | automated | |
| Sensitive Data Filtered | pretraining | — | automated |
Linked Resources
Gemma 3 Technical Report
https://goo.gle/Gemma3Report
Gemma Model Page
https://ai.google.dev/gemma/docs/core
Responsible Generative AI Toolkit
https://ai.google.dev/responsible
Gemma on Kaggle
https://www.kaggle.com/models/google/gemma-3
Gemma on Vertex Model Garden
https://console.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/publishers/google/model-garden/gemma3
Gemma Terms of Use
https://ai.google.dev/gemma/terms
Gemma Prohibited Use Policy
https://ai.google.dev/gemma/prohibited_use_policy
Gemini Family Technical Report
https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.11805
ECLeKTic Paper
https://huggingface.co/papers/2502.21228
WMT24++ Paper
https://huggingface.co/papers/2502.12404
IndicGenBench Paper
https://huggingface.co/papers/2404.16816
BLINK Paper
https://huggingface.co/papers/2404.12390
Google Sustainability Commitments
https://sustainability.google/operating-sustainably/
Google AI Responsibility Update
https://ai.google/static/documents/ai-responsibility-update-published-february-2025.pdf
JAX (training framework)
https://github.com/jax-ml/jax
ML Pathways
https://blog.google/technology/ai/introducing-pathways-next-generation-ai-architecture/
Google Cloud TPU
https://cloud.google.com/tpu/docs/intro-to-tpu
Google Gemma Models Family Collection
https://huggingface.co/collections/google/googles-gemma-models-family
Gemma 3 Release Collection
https://huggingface.co/collections/google/gemma-3-release
HuggingFace Inference Providers - Gemma 3 27B IT
https://huggingface.co/inference/models?model=google%2Fgemma-3-27b-it
Trend Analysis
24h Change
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downloads_all_time
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likes
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downloads
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Usage & Social Metrics
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| ollama | downloads | 40,000,000 pulls | daily | 31.08.2026 |
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