Model reference · open weights
gemma-3 is an open-weight language model from tiny-random. gemma-3 (BF16) weighs 17 MB; the smallest configuration that runs it is RTX 3060 12 GB.
For self-hosting, compare this build's requirements below with the GPU you plan to rent.
Summary of the tiny-random/gemma-3 model card, 2026-10-01
What it is
| Released by | tiny-random |
|---|---|
| Released | 2025-03-15 |
| Parameters | 9M |
| VRAM | 17 MB for the weights |
What it runs on
| Card | Requests at once | Context max | Memory | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8K each | 32K each | |||
| RTX 3060 12 GB | 1000+ | 1000+ | all 128K | 11.6 GB |
| RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB | 1000+ | 1000+ | all 128K | 15.4 GB |
| RTX 3090 24 GB | 1000+ | 1000+ | all 128K | 23.4 GB |
| RTX 4090 24 GB | 1000+ | 1000+ | all 128K | 23.4 GB |
| RTX 5090 32 GB | 1000+ | 1000+ | all 128K | 31.0 GB |
| L40S 48 GB | 1000+ | 1000+ | all 128K | 44.0 GB |
| A100 80 GB | 1000+ | 1000+ | all 128K | 78.2 GB |
| H100 80 GB | 1000+ | 1000+ | all 128K | 78.1 GB |
| RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GB | 1000+ | 1000+ | all 128K | 93.8 GB |
| DGX Spark (GB10) 128 GB unified | 1000+ | 1000+ | all 128K | 107 GB |
| H200 141 GB | 1000+ | 1000+ | all 128K | 138 GB |
| B200 180 GB | 1000+ | 1000+ | all 128K | 176 GB |
| Requests at once | 8K tokens each | 32K tokens each |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.0 GB | 2.0 GB |
| 5 | 2.0 GB | 2.0 GB |
| 8 | 2.0 GB | 2.0 GB |
| 16 | 2.0 GB | 2.1 GB |
| 32 | 2.1 GB | 2.2 GB |
| 64 | 2.1 GB | 2.3 GB |
One card, with vLLM's small-card settings.
From the model card
This tiny model is for debugging. It is randomly initialized with the config adapted from google/gemma-3-27b-it.
from transformers import pipeline
model_id = "tiny-random/gemma-3"
pipe = pipeline(
"image-text-to-text", model=model_id, device="cuda",
trust_remote_code=True, max_new_tokens=3,
)
messages = [
{
"role": "system",
"content": [{"type": "text", "text": "You are a helpful assistant."}]
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{"type": "image", "url": "https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/p-blog/candy.JPG"},
{"type": "text", "text": "What animal is on the candy?"}
]
}
]
output = pipe(text=messages, max_new_tokens=5)
print(output)
import torch
from transformers import (
AutoConfig,
AutoModelForCausalLM,
AutoProcessor,
AutoTokenizer,
Gemma3ForConditionalGeneration,
GenerationConfig,
pipeline,
set_seed,
)
source_model_id = "google/gemma-3-27b-it"
save_folder = "/tmp/tiny-random/gemma-3"
processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained(
source_model_id, trust_remote_code=True,
)
processor.save_pretrained(save_folder)
config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(
source_model_id, trust_remote_code=True,
)
config.text_config.hidden_size = 32
config.text_config.intermediate_size = 128
config.text_config.head_dim = 32
config.text_config.num_attention_heads = 1
config.text_config.num_key_value_heads = 1
config.text_config.num_hidden_layers = 2
config.text_config.sliding_window_pattern = 2
config.vision_config.hidden_size = 32
config.vision_config.num_hidden_layers = 2
config.vision_config.num_attention_heads = 1
config.vision_config.intermediate_size = 128
model = Gemma3ForConditionalGeneration(
config,
).to(torch.bfloat16)
for layer in model.language_model.model.layers:
print(layer.is_sliding)
model.generation_config = GenerationConfig.from_pretrained(
source_model_id, trust_remote_code=True,
)
set_seed(42)
with torch.no_grad():
for name, p in sorted(model.named_parameters()):
torch.nn.init.normal_(p, 0, 0.5)
print(name, p.shape)
model.save_pretrained(save_folder)
Quoted from the model card on Hugging Face. The full card is behind the Hugging Face link above.