Google has introduced Gemma 3, marking the smallest open-source model in its illustrious history. Boasting an impressive 270 million parameters, this model is specifically tailored for fine-tuning on targeted tasks. It showcases remarkable proficiency in following instructions and processing text. In the esteemed IFEval benchmark test, Gemma 3 270M outperforms the larger Qwen2.5 0.5B Instruct model and rivals the capabilities of the formidable Llama 3.2 1B.