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Gemma 3 12B alternatives for the EU.

Gemma 3 12B by Google is available in the EU. Here are 8 similar tools in the same space, 8 of them verified available.

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Gemma 3 12B compared with 8 alternatives: EU status, pricing, licence and release date
ToolEU statusPricingOpen sourceReleasedMentions
Gemma 3 12B (this)Available in EUOpen sourceNo12 Mar 20251
Gemma 4 12BAvailable in EUOpen sourceNon/a2
GemmaAvailable in EUOpen sourceNoFeb 20242
Gemma 2 2BAvailable in EUOpen sourceNoJul 20241
MiniCPM-V 4.6Available in EUOpen sourceNo13 Apr 20261
Inkling SmallAvailable in EUOpen sourceNo27 Jul 20262
Kimi K3.1Available in EUAPI pricingNo2 Nov 20267
MiniMax M3Available in EUOpen sourceNo2 Jun 20264
Kimi K2.5Available in EUOpen sourceNoJan 20261

The alternatives, closest match first

  1. 01G4

    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
  2. 02GE

    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
  3. 03G2

    Gemma 2 2B

    Model · Google

    Google's 2B-parameter Gemma 2 instruction-tuned model, repackaged as a text encoder for PixelDiT and PiD workflows in ComfyUI.

    By Google. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen sourceJul 20246:51
  4. 04M4

    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
  5. 05IS

    Inkling Small

    Model · Thinking Machines

    Open-weights multimodal MoE model (276B total, 12B active) from Thinking Machines; text, image and audio in, text out.

    By Thinking Machines. 2 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source27 Jul 202613:37
  6. 06KK

    Kimi K3.1

    Model · Moonshot AI

    Moonshot AI's open-weight 2.8T-parameter multimodal MoE agentic model with 1M-token context.

    By Moonshot AI. 7 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUAPI pricing2 Nov 202638:00
  7. 07MM

    MiniMax M3

    Model · MiniMax

    Open-weights native multimodal MoE model from MiniMax, ~428B parameters (~23B active) with 1M-token context.

    By MiniMax. 4 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source2 Jun 202621:38
  8. 08KK

    Kimi K2.5

    Model · Moonshot AI

    Moonshot AI's open-weights 1T-parameter MoE multimodal agentic model with 256K context, vision input and agent swarm.

    By Moonshot AI. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen sourceJan 20267:13

Frequently asked

Is Gemma 3 12B available in the EU?
Gemma 3 12B is available in the EU. Weights are downloadable from Hugging Face without regional restriction, and the Gemma license does not exclude the EU. No explicit EU exclusion found in the provided material.
What is the best alternative to Gemma 3 12B in the EU?
Gemma 4 12B by Google is the closest match we track that EU users can use (available in the eu). Google's open-weights 12B encoder-free multimodal model in the Gemma 4 family, taking text, image and audio input.
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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