Gemma 4 12B

An open source model from the Gemma family (Google), with 12B parameters — lightweight and fast. It’s the model on the Free plan, ideal for prototypes and low-latency responses.

id	gemma-4-12b
Type	Chat / text
Available on	All plans (includes Free)

When to use

• Prototype and test your integration at no cost (Free plan)
• Short responses, classification, simple extraction
• Latency- and volume-sensitive use cases

For deeper responses or reasoning, use Qwen3.6 35B.

Example

Python

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gemma-4-12b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Classify as positive or negative: 'I loved the product'."}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

curl

curl https://api.norlen.io/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NORLEN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"gemma-4-12b","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Classify: I loved the product."}]}'

Tip

Start with gemma-4-12b on the Free plan to validate your integration, then move to larger models when you need to.