google/gemma-4-12B-it
google/gemma-4-12B-it is a google record on this register. The Hugging Face model API lists the pipeline tag as any-to-any. The safetensors index gives an exact parameter count of 11,959,730,224. Architectural context length (max_position_embeddings) is 262,144. The listed licence is apache-2.0. The Hub repository was created on 23 May 2026, which is the release date this register uses.
Primary source: the Hugging Face model card for google/gemma-4-12B-it. Fields below come from that card, the Hub model API, and the repository’s own config.json when those files exist. A field we cannot source is omitted rather than guessed.
| Organisation | |
|---|---|
| ReleasedRepo creation date on Hugging Face | 23 May 2026 |
| Last modified | 20 Jul 2026 |
| ParametersExact, from the safetensors index | 12.0B 11,959,730,224 |
| Context lengthmax_position_embeddings — architectural maximum, not necessarily served | 256K 262,144 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 |
| Pipeline / taskpipeline_tag on the Hugging Face model API | any-to-any |
| Base modelDeclared on the Hub; not a page on this register | google/gemma-4-12B |
| File formats | safetensors |
| Librarylibrary_name on the Hugging Face model API | transformers |
| Architecture | gemma4_unified |
| Layers | 48 |
| Vocabulary | 262,144 |
| DownloadsAt last check | 1.7m |
| Likes | 1.7k |
| Gated | No |
Lineage
The Hub card names google/gemma-4-12B as the base model. That id is not a page on this register.
How to run
Safetensors weights are on the Hugging Face repository. The parameter count on this page came from that index.
The Hugging Face model API lists the library as transformers.
Load it from huggingface.co/google/gemma-4-12B-it. This page does not add install steps that the Hub files do not state.
Agent capabilities
Derived from the model’s own chat template, with the match counts behind each finding.
- ●Tool calling19 matches in template
- ●Reasoning / thinking5 matches in template
- ●System prompt2 matches in template
- ●Image input6 matches in template
- ●Video input4 matches in template
- ●Audio input4 matches in template
Questions this record can answer
- When was gemma-4-12B-it released?
- The Hugging Face repository was created on 23 May 2026, which is the date this register uses.
- How many parameters does gemma-4-12B-it have?
- The safetensors index gives 11,959,730,224 parameters, shown here as 12.0B. That figure is exact, not rounded.
- What is the context length of gemma-4-12B-it?
- 262,144 tokens. That is max_position_embeddings from the model's own config.json — the architectural maximum, not necessarily the context a provider serves.
- What licence is gemma-4-12B-it under?
- The Hub card lists apache-2.0.
- Is gemma-4-12B-it gated?
- No. The Hugging Face model API does not mark this repository as gated.
- Does the gemma-4-12B-it chat template show tool calling?
- The chat template contains evidence of tool calling.
Where each field came from
- Hugging Face model API — releasedAt, lastModified, downloads, likes, task, license, gated, parameters, libraryName, formats, baseModel. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
- config.json — contextLength, layers, vocabSize, architecture. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
- chat template — capabilities. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
First recorded 24 Sept 2026, last checked 18 Oct 2026. This record is compiled automatically from the sources above. Where a field is blank, we could not source it and have not guessed. Canonical repository: huggingface.co/google/gemma-4-12B-it.