Complete beginner to this topic. I just heard/saw that the new Gemma 4 is pretty good and small. So a few questions...

Since probably a few of you have already tried it out or started using local models, is gemma 4 worth it? - Is it worth running compared to other smaller models and what would the direct competition for gemma 4 be? - What would be the best use case for it? - What Hardware is the minimum and whats re