Gemma 3 1B Instruct Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Model summary
Intelligence
Speed
Input Price
USD per 1M tokens
Output Price
Verbosity
Gemma 3 1B Instruct is among the least intelligent models, but well priced when comparing to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size. It's also slower than average, however highly concise. The model supports text input, outputs text, and has a 32k tokens context window.
Gemma 3 1B Instruct scores 6 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it at the lower end among comparable models (averaging 7). When evaluating the Intelligence Index, it generated 2.8M tokens, which is very concise in comparison to the average of 7.7M.
Pricing for Gemma 3 1B Instruct is $0.00 per 1M input tokens (competitively priced, average: $0.01) and $0.00 per 1M output tokens (competitively priced, average: $0.05). In total, it cost $0.00 to evaluate Gemma 3 1B Instruct on the Intelligence Index.
At 58 tokens per second, Gemma 3 1B Instruct is slower than average (96).
| Reasoning | No This page shows the non-reasoning version of this model. A reasoning variant may also exist. |
|---|---|
| Input modality | Supports: text |
| Output modality | Supports: text |
| Context window | 32k ~48 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font |
| Total parameters | 1B |
| License | Gemma license |
| Model weights | Hugging Face |
Metrics are compared against models of the same class:
- Non-reasoning models → compared only with other non-reasoning models
- Reasoning models → compared across both reasoning and non-reasoning
- Open weights models → compared only with other open weights models of the same size class:
- Tiny: ≤4B parameters
- Small: 4B–40B parameters
- Medium: 40B–150B parameters
- Large: >150B parameters
- Proprietary models → compared across proprietary and open weights models of the same price range, using a blended 3:1 input/output price ratio:
- <$0.15 per 1M tokens
- $0.15–$1 per 1M tokens
- >$1 per 1M tokens
Highlights
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary
Intelligence Evaluations
Openness
Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Results
Intelligence Index Comparisons
Intelligence vs. Price
Intelligence Index Token Use & Cost
Output Tokens Used to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Context Window
Context Window
Pricing
Pricing now includes a “Cache Hit Price” alongside Input and Output pricing, with new blend ratios.
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Pricing Comparison of Gemma 3 1B Instruct API Providers
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed
Output Speed vs. Price
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Latency: Time To First Answer Token
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 Tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Model Size (Open Weights Models Only)
Model Size: Total and Active Parameters
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Gemma 3 1B Instruct
Gemma 3 1B Instruct was released on March 13, 2025.
Gemma 3 1B Instruct was created by Google.
Gemma 3 1B Instruct scores 6 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it at the lower end among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 7).
Gemma 3 1B Instruct generates output at 58.1 tokens per second (based on Google's API), which is below average compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 95.8 t/s).
Gemma 3 1B Instruct has a time to first token (TTFT) of 0.83s (based on Google's API), which is very competitive compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 0.94s).
When evaluated on the Intelligence Index, Gemma 3 1B Instruct generated 2.8M output tokens, which is very competitive compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 7.7M).
No, Gemma 3 1B Instruct is not a reasoning model. It provides direct responses without extended chain-of-thought reasoning.
Gemma 3 1B Instruct supports text input.
Gemma 3 1B Instruct supports text output.
No, Gemma 3 1B Instruct does not support image input. It can only process text.
No, Gemma 3 1B Instruct is not multimodal. It only supports text input.
Gemma 3 1B Instruct has a context window of 32k tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
Yes, Gemma 3 1B Instruct is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
Gemma 3 1B Instruct has 1 billion parameters.
Gemma 3 1B Instruct is released under the Gemma license license. This license allows commercial use. View license
Gemma 3 1B Instruct achieves a score of 6 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.
Gemma 3 1B Instruct is an open weights model that can be self-hosted. View providers
Gemma 3 1B Instruct is an open weights model that can be downloaded and self-hosted. Compare providers