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Gemma 2 2B alternatives for the EU.

Gemma 2 2B by Google is available in the EU. Here are 8 similar tools in the same space, 8 of them verified available.

Available in EUUpdated

At a glance

Gemma 2 2B compared with 8 alternatives: EU status, pricing, licence and release date
ToolEU statusPricingOpen sourceReleasedMentions
Gemma 2 2B (this)Available in EUOpen sourceNoJul 20241
Gemma 3 12BAvailable in EUOpen sourceNo12 Mar 20251
Gemma 4 12BAvailable in EUOpen sourceNon/a2
GemmaAvailable in EUOpen sourceNoFeb 20242
MiniCPM5 2BAvailable in EUOpen sourceYes6 Sept 20261
Marlin 2BAvailable in EUOpen sourceNo13 May 20261
MiniCPM-V 4.6Available in EUOpen sourceNo13 Apr 20261
DiffusionGemmaAvailable in EUOpen sourceUnknownn/a2
Nanbeige4.2-3BAvailable in EUOpen sourceUnknownn/a1

The alternatives, closest match first

  1. 01G3

    Gemma 3 12B

    Model · Google

    Google's open-weights 12B multimodal (text and image input) instruction-tuned model from the Gemma 3 family.

    By Google. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source12 Mar 20257:46
  2. 02G4

    Gemma 4 12B

    Model · Google

    Google's open-weights 12B encoder-free multimodal model in the Gemma 4 family, taking text, image and audio input.

    By Google. 2 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source20:24
  3. 03GE

    Gemma

    Model · Google

    Google DeepMind's family of open-weights models built from Gemini technology, from phone-sized to laptop-class variants.

    By Google. 2 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen sourceFeb 202412:48
  4. 04M2

    MiniCPM5 2B

    Model · OpenBMB

    Dense 2B-parameter open-weights language model from OpenBMB for on-device and edge deployment, Apache-2.0 licensed.

    By OpenBMB. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen sourceOpen source6 Sept 202637:09
  5. 05M2

    Marlin 2B

    Model · NemoStation

    2B-parameter open-weights video-language model that writes scene descriptions and timestamped event captions.

    By NemoStation. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source13 May 202625:30
  6. 06M4

    MiniCPM-V 4.6

    Model · OpenBMB

    Small open-weights multimodal model from OpenBMB for image and video understanding on phones and edge devices.

    By OpenBMB. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source13 Apr 202616:39
  7. 07DI

    DiffusionGemma

    Model · Google

    Google's open-weights 26B diffusion language model that drafts blocks of text in parallel.

    By Google. 2 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source9:03
  8. 08NA

    Nanbeige4.2-3B

    Model · Nanbeige

    3B-parameter open model from Nanbeige using a looped transformer, aimed at agentic and reasoning tasks.

    By Nanbeige. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source27:05

Frequently asked

Is Gemma 2 2B available in the EU?
Gemma 2 2B is available in the EU. Weights are freely downloadable from Hugging Face with no regional restriction or EU exclusion in the license text shown.
What is the best alternative to Gemma 2 2B in the EU?
Gemma 3 12B by Google is the closest match we track that EU users can use (available in the eu). Google's open-weights 12B multimodal (text and image input) instruction-tuned model from the Gemma 3 family.
How are these alternatives chosen?
We compare tools by meaning (embeddings of their descriptions), keep those in the same category, and show only tools whose EU status is available or limited. Closest match first.

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