The best open-weight Google model is Gemma 4 31B (free) (39.2 intelligence) — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable. Gemma 4 31B (39.2) and Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) (31.2) round out the top three.
The best open-weight AI models — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable — ranked by intelligence. Open-source alternatives to proprietary frontier models.
The best open-weight Google model is Gemma 4 31B (free) (39.2 intelligence) — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable. Gemma 4 31B (39.2) and Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) (31.2) round out the top three.
Gemma 4 31B (39.2) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) (31.2). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.
modelgrep tracks 26 Google models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing, led on intelligence by Gemini 3 Flash Preview. 9 of them qualify for this ranking.