gemma-4-31B-it-DFlash Released: Community Distilled Flash Variant of Gemma 4 — 118 Upvotes

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z-lab released gemma-4-31B-it-DFlash on HuggingFace, a distilled flash variant of Google's Gemma 4 31B model optimized for faster inference. The release is pending a merged PR before community testing can begin. This follows yesterday's reports of Gemma 4 31B outperforming Qwen 3.6 27B in gamedev benchmarks. 118 upvotes and 29 comments on r/LocalLLaMA indicate strong community interest in efficient Gemma variants.