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# gemma-4-12B

> Fine-tune gemma-4-12B for text generation with NeMo AutoModel using checked-in recipes and documented distributed settings.

[Gemma-4-12B](https://huggingface.co/google/gemma-4-12B) has a checked-in NeMo AutoModel recipe for text generation.
The Hugging Face configuration declares the `Gemma4UnifiedForConditionalGeneration` architecture.

## Fine-Tune Gemma-4-12B

Follow the [installation instructions](/get-started/installation), then run the recipe from the repository root:

```bash
automodel examples/llm_finetune/gemma/gemma_4_12b_hellaswag.yaml --nproc-per-node 8
```

## Choose a Workflow

| Goal                                  | Start Here                                                                                                                                 |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Run the primary recipe for this model | Use the [recipe configuration](https://github.com/NVIDIA-NeMo/Automodel/blob/main/examples/llm_finetune/gemma/gemma_4_12b_hellaswag.yaml). |
| Prepare your environment              | Follow the [installation instructions](/get-started/installation).                                                                         |

### Configuration

| Setting  | Configuration                             |
| -------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| Hardware | -                                         |
| Strategy | FSDP2; tp\_size=1, pp\_size=1, cp\_size=1 |
| Nodes    | -                                         |
| Features | Checkpointing (enabled=true)              |
| Advanced | bf16                                      |

## Model Reference

### Model Architecture

| Property     | Value                                   |
| ------------ | --------------------------------------- |
| Task         | Text generation                         |
| Architecture | `Gemma4UnifiedForConditionalGeneration` |

### Available Models

* [`google/gemma-4-12B`](https://huggingface.co/google/gemma-4-12B)

## Related Resources

* [LLM fine-tuning guide](/recipes-e2e-examples/sft-peft)