@meta
  v: 1
  route: /model/gemma-2-9b
  generated: 2026-06-10T08:49:35.885Z

@intent
  purpose:    Show what hardware can run Gemma 2 9B.
  audience:   ai-engineer, self-hoster, model-evaluator
  capability: inspect_model_specs, find_compatible_gpus, compare_similar_models, open_huggingface

@state
  slug: gemma-2-9b
  name: Gemma 2 9B
  hf_repo: google/gemma-2-9b-it
  params_b: 9
  active_params_b: ~
  family: Google
  type: dense
  context_k: 8
  fp16_gb: 18
  summary: Google's 2024 9B. Solid baseline; shorter context than Gemma 4.
  smallest_fitting_gpu_q4: rtx-3070
  smallest_fitting_gpu_fp16: rtx-3090

@actions
  - id: open_huggingface
    method: GET
    href: https://huggingface.co/google/gemma-2-9b-it
  - id: view_compatible_gpus
    method: GET
    href: /model/gemma-2-9b
  - id: compare_similar
    method: GET
    href: /model/qwen-3-5-9b
  - id: view_calculator
    method: GET
    href: /#calculator

@context
  > Google's 2024 9B. Solid baseline; shorter context than Gemma 4.

@nav
  self:      /model/gemma-2-9b
  parents:   [/]
  peers:     [/model/qwen-3-5-9b, /model/llama-3-1-8b, /model/granite-8b, /model/mistral-7b]
  drilldown: /the-math