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Run gemma-4-E2B-it on Lium

Google · Multimodal · 5.1B parameters · 10.2 GB BF16 weights · released 2026-03-02
It needs about 13 GB of VRAM. The cheapest setup that runs it is RTX A4500 (20 GB), from $0.16 per hour, billed per second.

Other GPUs that run it

RTX 5060 Ti16 GBfrom $0.17 / hourRent
Tesla V10016 GBfrom $0.21 / hourRent

How to run it

Rent the pod above, open a terminal over SSH or Jupyter and serve google/gemma-4-E2B-it:
vllm serve google/gemma-4-E2B-it
Claude Code and Codex can do all of it through the Lium CLI.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does gemma-4-E2B-it need?

About 10.2 GB for the released BF16 weights, so plan on 13 GB with room for activations and KV cache at a short context. Longer contexts and bigger batches need more.

What GPU should I rent to run gemma-4-E2B-it?

RTX A4500 (20 GB). On Lium that setup costs from $0.16 per hour, billed per second with no minimum.
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