Model comparison
gemma-4-12B-it vs AfriqueGemma-12B
These two publish different quantization sets; the table below has the exact sizes.
From the file· summed bytes, KV per layer
Side by side
| gemma-4-12B-it | AfriqueGemma-12B | |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 12.0B | 12.2B |
| Architecture | gemma4 | gemma3 |
| Layers | 48 | 48 |
| Native context | 262,144 | 131,072 |
| Mixture of experts | no | no |
| Quantizations published | 59 | 24 |
| Smallest quantization | 3.92 GiB | 3.05 GiB |
| Q4_K_M | 6.63 GiB | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | cc-by-4.0 |
KV cache by context
the term that decides long-context viability
| Context | gemma-4-12B-it | AfriqueGemma-12B | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,096 | 0.72 GiB | 0.72 GiB | 1.00× |
| 8,192 | 0.97 GiB | 0.97 GiB | 1.00× |
| 16,384 | 1.47 GiB | 1.47 GiB | 1.00× |
| 32,768 | 2.47 GiB | 2.47 GiB | 1.00× |
| 65,536 | 4.47 GiB | 4.47 GiB | 1.00× |
| 131,072 | 8.47 GiB | 8.47 GiB | 1.00× |