This is a submission for the Gemma 4 Challenge: Write About Gemma 4
Which Gemma 4 Model Should You Actually Use? A Developer's Honest Guide
When Google DeepMind dropped Gemma 4 on April 2, 2026, the community response was immediate — 207,000 Ollama pulls in 48 hours, front page of Hacker News, and a same-day Ollama update to support all four variants. The hype was real. But so was the confusion.
Four models. Three naming conventions. Two architectures. One question every developer is quietly Googling:
Which one do I actually run?
