Google Vision Models

On Roboflow's Vision Evals, Gemini 4 Argon is Google's top model at 87.5% (#1 of 65). Compare all 28 Google vision models we track, 15 of them open-weight. Try 18 of them on your own images, free in the Roboflow Playground.

28 models · 15 open-weight · 18 free to try · Updated Oct 2026

About Google Vision Models

Google ships vision models on two tiers, and our catalog tracks 28 of them. 15 are open-weight: the weights are downloadable, so you can self-host under their own licenses. The other 13 are proprietary, reached through an API and billed by the provider. The open-weight side runs on Apache 2.0, Custom, and MIT licenses. The newest additions are Gemini 4 Argon (Oct 2026) and Gemini 3.8 Flash (Sep 2026). The lineup reaches back to Google Vision OCR, released Feb 2016.

Between them, the Google models we list cover 18 distinct vision tasks. The widest coverage is vision language (21 models), captioning (20), and classification (20). For vision language, start with Gemini 4 Argon, Gemini 3.8 Flash, or Gemini 3.7 Flash.

On the open-weight tier, Gemma 4 31B is the largest at 31B parameters and MobileNetV2 the smallest at ~3.4M, small enough to run on a single GPU or on-device. 10 of the 15 open Google models carry a permissive license, so commercial use is straightforward; the other 5 ship under terms worth reading before you deploy.

On the API tier, Google's most recent entry is Gemini 4 Argon (Oct 2026), billed per token by the provider rather than run on your own hardware. Which tier to start on is a constraints question, not a quality one: reach for the open-weight side when you need offline inference, predictable per-image cost, or a checkpoint you can fine-tune on your own data, and for the API side when you want broad general reasoning without managing GPUs. 18 of the 28 Google vision models run live in the Roboflow Playground, so you can run the same image through several of them and compare the answers before committing to one.

Which Google Model Should You Use?

What each of the 28 Google vision models in our catalog is built for, and how you run it.

Gemini 4 Argon: Best for: Promptable Concept Segmentation and Object Detection. Proprietary: no downloadable weights, billed per token through Google's API. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemini 3.8 Flash: Best for: Object Detection and OCR. Proprietary: no downloadable weights, billed per token through Google's API. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemini 3.7 Flash: Best for: Object Detection and OCR. Proprietary: no downloadable weights, billed per token through Google's API. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: Best for: Object Detection and Video Classification. Proprietary: no downloadable weights, billed per token through Google's API. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemini 3.6 Flash: Best for: Object Detection and Video Classification. Proprietary: no downloadable weights, billed per token through Google's API. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemma 4 12B: Best for: OCR and Captioning. Open weights: Apache 2.0 license, 12B parameters. Self-host it or run it here.
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Best for: Object Detection and OCR. Proprietary: no downloadable weights, billed per token through Google's API. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemma 4 26B A4B: Best for: Object Detection and OCR. Open weights: Apache 2.0 license, 25.2B parameters. Self-host it or run it here. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemma 4 31B: Best for: Object Detection and OCR. Open weights: Apache 2.0 license, 31B parameters. Self-host it or run it here. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Best for: Object Detection and OCR. Proprietary: no downloadable weights, billed per token through Google's API. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemini 3.1 Pro: Best for: Object Detection and OCR. Proprietary: no downloadable weights, billed per token through Google's API. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemini 3 Flash: Best for: Object Detection and OCR. Proprietary: no downloadable weights, billed per token through Google's API. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: Best for: Object Detection and OCR. Proprietary: no downloadable weights, billed per token through Google's API. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemini 2.5 Flash: Best for: Object Detection and OCR. Proprietary: no downloadable weights, billed per token through Google's API. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemini 2.5 Pro: Best for: Object Detection and OCR. Proprietary: no downloadable weights, billed per token through Google's API. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemma 3 12B: Best for: OCR and Document Question Answering. Open weights: Custom license, 12B parameters. Self-host it or run it here. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemma 3 27B: Best for: OCR and Document Question Answering. Open weights: Custom license. Self-host it or run it here. Runnable in the Playground.
Gemma 3 4B: Best for: OCR and Document Question Answering. Open weights: Custom license, 4B parameters. Self-host it or run it here. Small enough for on-device and edge deployment. Runnable in the Playground.
PaliGemma 2: Best for: OCR and Captioning. Open weights: Custom license, 3B, 10B, 28B parameters. Self-host it or run it here. Small enough for on-device and edge deployment.
PaliGemma: Best for: Captioning and Visual Question Answering. Open weights: Custom license, 3B parameters. Self-host it or run it here. Small enough for on-device and edge deployment.
SigLIP: Best for: Image Embedding and Image Similarity. Open weights: Apache 2.0 license, 200M-900M parameters. Self-host it or run it here. Small enough for on-device and edge deployment.
OWL-ViT: Best for: Open Vocabulary Object Detection and Object Detection. Open weights: Apache 2.0 license. Self-host it or run it here.
Vision Transformer (ViT): Best for: Classification. Open weights: Apache 2.0 license, 86M-632M parameters. Self-host it or run it here. Small enough for on-device and edge deployment.
EfficientDet: Best for: Object Detection. Open weights: Apache 2.0 license, 3.9M-51.9M parameters. Self-host it or run it here. Small enough for on-device and edge deployment.
MediaPipe: Best for: Semantic Segmentation and Object Detection. Open weights: Apache 2.0 license. Self-host it or run it here.
MobileNet SSD v2: Best for: Object Detection. Open weights: MIT license, 15.3M parameters. Self-host it or run it here. Small enough for on-device and edge deployment.
MobileNetV2: Best for: Classification. Open weights: Apache 2.0 license, ~3.4M parameters. Self-host it or run it here. Small enough for on-device and edge deployment.
Google Vision OCR: Best for: OCR. Proprietary: no downloadable weights, billed per token through Google's API. Runnable in the Playground.

Open-Source Google Models

15 models with downloadable weights you can self-host under their licenses (Apache 2.0, Custom, and MIT). 5 run live in the Playground through hosted APIs, so self-hosting is optional.

				Actions
Gemma 4 12BGoogle	12B	Apache 2.0	Jun 2026
Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle	25.2B	Apache 2.0	Apr 2026	Try
Gemma 4 31BGoogle	31B	Apache 2.0	Apr 2026	Try
Gemma 3 12BGoogle	12B	Custom	Mar 2025	Try
Gemma 3 27BGoogle	—	Custom	Mar 2025	Try
Gemma 3 4BGoogle	4B	Custom	Mar 2025	Try
PaliGemma 2Google	3B, 10B, 28B	Custom	Dec 2024
PaliGemmaGoogle	3B	Custom	May 2024
SigLIPGoogle	200M-900M	Apache 2.0	Mar 2023
OWL-ViTGoogle	—	Apache 2.0	May 2022
Vision Transformer (ViT)Google	86M-632M	Apache 2.0	Oct 2020
EfficientDetGoogle	3.9M-51.9M	Apache 2.0	Nov 2019
MediaPipeGoogle	—	Apache 2.0	Jul 2019
MobileNet SSD v2Google	15.3M	MIT	Jan 2018
MobileNetV2Google	~3.4M	Apache 2.0	Jan 2018

Google Models via API

13 proprietary models where the weights aren't downloadable: access is through each provider's API and billed by them. Try all of them free in the Playground.

					Actions
Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle	$2.00	$10.00	1M	Oct 2026	Try
Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle	$0.83	$4.13	1.0M	Sep 2026	Try
Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle	$0.75	$3.75	1.0M	Aug 2026	Try
Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteGoogle	$0.30	$2.50	1.0M	Jul 2026	Try
Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle	$0.75	$3.75	1M	Jul 2026	Try
Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle	$1.50	$9.00	1.0M	May 2026	Try
Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteGoogle	$0.25	$1.50	1M	Mar 2026	Try
Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle	$2.00	$12.00	1M	Feb 2026	Try
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle	$0.50	$3.00	1M	Dec 2025	Try
Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGoogle	$0.10	$0.40	1M	Jul 2025	Try
Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle	$0.30	$2.50	1M	Jul 2025	Try
Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle	$1.25	$10.00	1M	Jun 2025	Try
Google Vision OCRGoogle	—	—	—	Feb 2016	Try

Frequently Asked Questions About Google Vision Models

Are Google vision models open source?

Partly. 15 of the 28 Google vision models we track are open-weight (for example Gemma 4 12B, Gemma 4 26B A4B, and Gemma 4 31B), downloadable and self-hostable under their licenses (Apache 2.0, Custom, and MIT). The other 13 are proprietary and reached through Google's API.

What is the best Google vision model?

On Roboflow's Vision Evals, Gemini 4 Argon is the highest-scoring Google model, ranked #1 of 65 overall at 87.5%. The next Google model is Gemini 3.5 Flash, at #5 (81.8%). The overall score averages the 5 benchmark tasks, so check the task leaderboards if you need one capability.

How many Google vision models are on Roboflow Playground?

We track 28 live Google vision models, 15 open-weight and 13 available through an API. The most recent addition is Gemini 4 Argon, released Oct 2026.

Can I try Google vision models for free?

Yes. 18 of the 28 Google models run live in the Roboflow Playground. Upload your own image, run several models on it at once, and compare the outputs side by side. You can try it instantly, and a free account unlocks unlimited runs.

This page lists all 28 Google vision models in the Roboflow Playground catalog: 15 open-weight models you can self-host and 13 proprietary models accessed through an API. They cover vision language, captioning, and classification, among other tasks. 18 of them run live in the Roboflow Playground on your own images. Compare licenses, parameters, prices, and release dates side by side, or open any model page for full details.