Gemma 4 31B — pricing & specs

Gemma 4 31B is a fast model from Google, at capability tier 3 of 8. Live $/M-token pricing and specs from the Mintok catalog, as of 2026-07-04.

$/M-token pricing

as of 2026-07-04 · OpenRouter (lowest)
Input
$0.12
per M tokens
Output
$0.35
per M tokens
Cached input
$0.09
per M tokens

What Gemma 4 31B costs in practice

At $0.35/M output tokens, Gemma 4 31B is the 3rd-cheapest of 9 priced tier-3 models in the Mintok catalog — about 42% below the tier median of $0.60/M.

ScenarioEst. cost
1M input + 1M output tokens$0.470
A 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out)$0.0017
1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each)$0.415
1M-token RAG chat session (900K cached in / 100K out)$0.116

Estimated from list price (as of 2026-07-04) at the token mixes shown; your real cost depends on prompt/response length and cache hit-rate. Model your own volume →

Specifications

Vendor
Google
Family
Gemma 4
Capability tier
3 / 8
Size class
FAST
Category
GENERAL
Parameters
31B total · 31B active (MoE)
Context window
262,144 tokens
Licensing
Proprietary

Carbon footprint (modeled)

Energy
0.573
kWh / M-token
Emissions
275
gCO₂ / M-token

Modeled decode on a reference Cerebras Cerebras WSE-3 Turbo at 50% MBU, batch 32, global-avg grid. Compare all models & grids →

Alternatives at tier 3

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FAQ

How much does Gemma 4 31B cost per token?

Gemma 4 31B costs $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.35 per million output tokens (cached input $0.09/M), via OpenRouter (lowest), as of 2026-07-04.

Is Gemma 4 31B expensive?

At $0.35/M output tokens, Gemma 4 31B is the 3rd-cheapest of 9 priced tier-3 models in the Mintok catalog — about 42% below the tier median of $0.60/M.

What does a typical request with Gemma 4 31B cost?

At list price, a 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) with Gemma 4 31B costs about $0.0017, and 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) about $0.415.

What is Gemma 4 31B's context window?

Gemma 4 31B supports a 262,144-token context window.

What capability tier is Gemma 4 31B?

Gemma 4 31B sits at capability tier 3 of 8 on the Mintok scale (FAST size class).

Is Gemma 4 31B open-source or proprietary?

Gemma 4 31B is a proprietary model from Google, accessed via API.

Put Gemma 4 31B to work

Benchmark it on your prompts, or size a deployment and compare $/M-token against alternatives.

Pricing and specs are maintained by Mintok's catalog watchers from public sources. Not investment advice. Methodology.