Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free)
Analysis Summary
Google's Gemma 3n 2B is a compact, on-device model from the Gemma 3n family, released mid-2025. Its benchmark profile reflects its size: reasoning, coding, and agentic scores are all at the low end of the field, with a very small 8K context window and text-only output.
For businesses, this model is not suited to client-facing content, coding workflows, or any task requiring reliable multi-step reasoning. Its value lies in edge deployment, low-latency local inference, or cost-constrained environments where a small footprint is the primary requirement.
The free tier makes it accessible for experimentation, but teams with real production workloads should look to larger models in the Gemma or Gemini families for meaningful output quality.
Assessed June 6, 2026
Editorial notes
Gemma 3n 2B is a lightweight Google model with very limited reasoning and coding capability, suited only to simple on-device or low-resource tasks where size matters more than performance.
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Performance Profile
How Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free) compares
Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free) ranks #377 of 378 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #299 of 315 for coding, #287 of 289 for agentic tasks. Its 8K-token context window is larger than 25% of the models we list. Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free) is currently free to use via OpenRouter.
About Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free)
Gemma 3n E2B IT is a multimodal, instruction-tuned model developed by Google DeepMind, designed to operate efficiently at an effective parameter size of 2B while leveraging a 6B architecture. Based..
Performance Indices
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
google/gemma-3n-e2b-it:free
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| Provider | |
| Release Date | July 9, 2025 |
| Context Length | 8,192 tokens |
| Max Completion | 2,048 tokens |
| Status | Active |
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Frequently asked questions about Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free)
How much does Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free) cost?
Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free) is currently available for free via OpenRouter.
What is the context window of Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free)?
Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free) has a context window of 8,192 tokens (8K).
Is Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free) good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free) ranks #299 of 315 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
Who created Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free)?
Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free) is developed by Google and was released on July 9, 2025.
