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Re:Gemma 4 12B: A unified, encoder-free multimodal model by plagiarist on Thursday June 04, 2026 @02:23PM (#48402587)
Do they prefer E4B over the larger models or is it a matter of what fits their machine? I assume 4B isn't large enough to get interesting writing but I don't know anything about it.
Re:Gemma 4 12B: A unified, encoder-free multimodal model by KludgeShySir on Friday June 05, 2026 @02:14PM (#48416202)
Gemma4-31b seems to be very highly regarded for creative writing, especially its finetunes. As for comparison to E4B, I can't say.

Creative writing is not my focus, so this is only secondhand information. r/LocalLlama tends to focus more on the technical side; if you want more creative side check out r/SillyTavern as well (but type of info does bleed over between them).