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Gemma 4 with thinking off: 15 runs, no empty replies and answers in half the time
With thinking off in Ollama, every run answered and the typical reply took 27.2 seconds instead of 53.8. The writing speed did not change.
- Guides
How to turn off thinking in Ollama for Gemma 4, and what it changed in our test
One setting stopped the empty replies and cut the typical wait roughly in half. Two ways to set it, how to check your model supports it, and the numbers from 15 runs.
- Research
Why Gemma 4 gives an empty response: we counted where its tokens go
In 18 timed runs the model spent most of its tokens on thinking nobody sees. With 600 tokens allowed, it ran out before answering in 6 runs of 15.