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Gemma 4 Benchmarking NVIDIA Blackwell RTX 6000 vs L4 on Google Cloud Run

This article provides a step by step deployment guide for Gemma 4 to a Google Cloud Run hosted GPU enabled system,. A suite of Python MCP tools is built to simplify management of the vLLM hosted Gemma 4 deployment with Antigravity CLI.

What is this project trying to Do?

This project is a DevOps/SRE assistant that uses a Gemma 4 model hosted on Cloud Run with GPU. It provides tools to provision the Docker container and deploy the model, as well as for observability and performance testing.

This project is similar to a previous project that targeted GPU hosted Gemma4 instances on GCP:

Gemma-SRE: Self-Hosted vLLM Infrastructure Agent

Antigravity CLI

Antigravity CLI is the follow-on successor to Gemini CLI- the terminal driven, agent assisted coding tool.

Full details on installing Antigravity CLI are here:

Getting Started with Antigravity CLI

Testing the Antigravity CLI Environment

Once you have all the tools in place- you can test the startup of Antigravity CLI.

You will need to authenticate with a Google Cloud Project or your Google Account:

agy
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This will start the interface:

Full Installation Instructions

The detailed installation instructions for Antigravity CLI are here:

Getting Started with Antigravity CLI

Python MCP Documentation

The official GitHub Repo provides samples and documentation for getting started:

GitHub - modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk: The official Python SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients

Where do I start?

The strategy for starting MCP development for model management is a incremental step by step approach.

First, the basic development environment is setup with the required system variables, and a working Antigravity CLI configuration.

Then, a minimal Python MCP Server is built with stdio transport. This server is validated with Antigravity CLI in the local environment.

This setup validates the connection from Antigravity CLI to the local server via MCP. The MCP client (Antigravity CLI) and the Python MCP server both run in the same local environment.

Setup the Basic Environment

At this point you should have a working Python environment and a working Antigravity CLI installation. The next step is to clone the GitHub samples repository with support scripts:

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/xbill9/gemma4-tips
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Then run init.sh from the cloned directory.

The script will attempt to determine your shell environment and set the correct variables:

gpu-6000-devops-agent
source init.sh
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If your session times out or you need to re-authenticate- you can run the set_env.sh script to reset your environment variables:

gpu-6000-devops-agent
source set_env.sh
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Variables like PROJECT_ID need to be setup for use in the various build scripts- so the set_env script can be used to reset the environment if you time-out.

Model Management Tool with MCP Stdio Transport

One of the key features that the standard MCP libraries provide is abstracting various transport methods.

The high level MCP tool implementation is the same no matter what low level transport channel/method that the MCP Client uses to connect to a MCP Server.

The simplest transport that the SDK supports is the stdio (stdio/stdout) transport — which connects a locally running process. Both the MCP client and MCP Server must be running in the same environment.

The connection over stdio will look similar to this:

# Initialize FastMCP server
mcp = FastMCP("Self-Hosted vLLM DevOps Agent")
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Running the Python Code

First- switch the directory with the Python version of the MCP sample code:

~/gemma4-tips/gpu-6000-devops-agent
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Run the release version on the local system:

make install
Processing ./.
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The project can also be linted:

xbill@penguin:~/gemma4-tips/gpu-6000-devops-agent$ make lint
ruff check .
All checks passed!
ruff format --check .
6 files already formatted
mypy .
Success: no issues found in 6 source files
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And a test run:

xbill@penguin:~/gemma4-tips/gpu-6000-devops-agent$ make test
python test_agent.py
2026-05-28 17:33:37,347 - vllm-devops-agent - INFO - Initializing DevOps Agent MCP Server...
.........2026-05-28 17:33:37,388 - vllm-devops-agent - INFO - Querying Cloud Run model with prompt: 'Hello...'
2026-05-28 17:33:37,388 - vllm-devops-agent - INFO - Model response: 'Response from Gemma...'
.2026-05-28 17:33:37,389 - vllm-devops-agent - INFO - Querying model with stats with prompt: 'Hello...'
2026-05-28 17:33:37,389 - vllm-devops-agent - INFO - Model response with stats: TTFT=0.000s, TotalTime=0.000s
.......
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 17 tests in 0.022s
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MCP stdio Transport

One of the key features that the MCP protocol provides is abstracting various transport methods.

The high level tool MCP implementation is the same no matter what low level transport channel/method that the MCP Client uses to connect to a MCP Server.

The simplest transport that the SDK supports is the stdio (stdio/stdout) transport — which connects a locally running process. Both the MCP client and MCP Server must be running in the same environment.

In this project Antigravity CLI is used as the MCP client to interact with the Python MCP server code.

Antigravity CLI mcp_config.json

A sample MCP server file is provided in the .agents directory:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gpu-6000-devops-agent": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": [
        "/home/xbill/gemma4-tips/gpu-6000-devops-agent/server.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT": "aisprint-491218",
        "GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION": "us-central1",
        "VLLM_BASE_URL": "https://gpu-6000-devops-agent-289270257791.us-central1.run.app",
        "MODEL_NAME": "/mnt/models/gemma-4-E4B-it"
      }
    }
  }
}
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Validation with Antigravity CLI

The final connection test uses Antigravity CLI as a MCP client with the Python code providing the MCP server:

MCP Servers

Plugins (~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/plugins)
> ✓ google-dev-knowledge Tools: search_documents, answer_query, get_documents
   ✓ gpu-6000-devops-agent Tools: save_hf_token, get_vllm_endpoint, list_vertex_models, list_bucket_models,
                            analyze_cloud_logging, +20 more
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Getting Started with Gemma 4 on GPU

Cloud Run GPU is tied to quota limits:

> check cloud run quota in us-central1
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This will return the current quotas:

The Cloud Run ( run.googleapis.com ) GPU quotas for us-central1 in your project ( aisprint-491218 ) are as follows:

  ### 1. NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 GPU Allocation

  • Metric Name: Total Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 GPU allocation without zonal redundancy 
  • Metric Identifier: run.googleapis.com/nvidia_rtx_pro_6000_gpu_allocation_no_zonal_redundancy 
  • Effective Limit: 3000 in us-central1 (due to a producer override set to 3000 ).
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You can also use the Antigravity CLI to research a quota increase:

> request RTX Pro 6000 GPUs cloud run quota of 3 in us-central1 with zonal redundancy

● Bash(gcloud alpha services quota --help || gcloud consumer-quota-metrics --help)
● Bash(gcloud alpha services quota create --help)
● Bash(gcloud alpha services quota create --service=run.googleapis.com --consumer=projects/aisprint-4...) (ctrl+o to
expand)

  The request to set a consumer override of 3 for RTX Pro 6000 GPUs with zonal redundancy in us-central1 returned a
  precondition failure:

    ERROR: (gcloud.alpha.services.quota.create) FAILED_PRECONDITION: The consumer override value can only be set
  between 0 to 0.
    COMMON_QUOTA_CONSUMER_OVERRIDE_TOO_HIGH

  ### Explanation

  This error indicates that the project currently has a producer-defined maximum limit of 0 for this regional metric.
  Consequently, self-service quota increases via gcloud overrides are restricted to 0 .

  To obtain this quota, you must request a quota increase (which raises the producer limit) through the Google Cloud
  Console:

  1. Navigate to the IAM & Admin > Quotas page.
  2. Filter for the metric: run.googleapis.com/nvidia_rtx_pro_6000_gpu_allocation .
  3. Select the us-central1 region and click Edit Quotas to submit a formal request to Google Cloud Support.
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The Official vLLM repo also has Gemma4 specific information:

Releases · vllm-project/vllm

Model Lifecycle Management via MCP

The MCP tools provide a complete suite of agent-oriented operations for managing vLLM deployment on Cloud Run or a TPU.

Overview of MCP tools :

> get mcp tools

● gpu-6000-devops-agent/get_help(MCP Help Retrieval) (ctrl+o to expand)

  Here are the MCP tools available from the gpu-6000-devops-agent server:

  ### 🐳 Infrastructure & Deployment

  • deploy_vllm : Deploys vLLM to Cloud Run GPU.
  • destroy_vllm : Deletes the Cloud Run vLLM service.
  • status_vllm : Checks the status of the Cloud Run vLLM service.
  • update_vllm_scaling : Updates min/max instances for scaling.
  • get_vllm_deployment_config : Generates the gcloud deployment command.
  • get_vllm_gpu_deployment_config : Generates a GKE manifest for GPU (NVIDIA L4).
  • check_gpu_quotas : Checks L4 and other GPU quotas for a region.

  ### 📊 Model Management

  • list_vertex_models : Lists models in the Vertex AI Registry.
  • list_bucket_models : Lists model weights in GCS bucket.
  • save_hf_token : Securely saves a Hugging Face API token to Secret Manager.
  • get_vertex_ai_model_copy_instructions : Instructions to copy model from Vertex AI Model Garden to GCS.
  • get_huggingface_model_copy_instructions : Instructions to download model from Hugging Face and upload to GCS.
  • get_huggingfacehub_download_path : Resolves local cache path using huggingface_hub .

  ### 📊 Monitoring & Status

  • get_system_status : Provides a high-level status dashboard of the Cloud Run service and health.
  • get_endpoint : Verifies connectivity and returns the active service URL.
  • get_model_details : Retrieves detailed model metadata and engine state from /v1/models .
  • verify_model_health : Deep health check by querying the model with a simple prompt and measuring latency.

  ### 📈 Performance & Benchmarking

  • run_benchmark : Runs performance/concurrency benchmark sweeps against the Cloud Run vLLM GPU endpoint.

  ### 💬 Interaction & Diagnostics

  • query_gemma4 : Primary tool to query the self-hosted model with standard chat message format.
  • query_gemma4_with_stats : Queries the model and returns streaming performance statistics (TTFT, throughput).
  • query_vllm : Direct text completions querying tool.
  • analyze_cloud_logging : Fetches logs from GCP Logging and analyzes them using the model.
  • analyze_gpu_logs : Fetches Cloud Run logs and uses Gemma 4 to analyze them for SRE/DevOps errors.
  • suggest_sre_remediation : Suggests remediation plans for SRE errors using the model.

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Deploy The Model

The MCP server tools are used to deploy the model to Cloud Run with TPU:

deploy the model
 ### Deployment Status Summary

The Gemma 4 model has been successfully deployed to Google Cloud Run in us-central1 using the NVIDIA RTX 6000 (
  nvidia-rtx-pro-6000 ) GPU accelerator!
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Checking System status

The status can be checked with an MCP tool:

> get_system_status

● gpu-6000-devops-agent/get_system_status(System Status Retrieval) (ctrl+o to expand)

  Here is the current system status for the GPU Cloud Run deployment:

  • vLLM Health: 🟢 Online (https://gpu-6000-devops-agent-289270257791.us-central1.run.app)
  • Cloud Run Service Status: 🟢 Ready

  Next Step: You can use the query_gemma4 tool to interact with the model.
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Cross Check The Deployed Model

Once the model starts locally- the MCP tool allows for model verification:

> verify_model_health

● gpu-6000-devops-agent/verify_model_health(Verify Model Health) (ctrl+o to expand)

  The model health check passed successfully:

  • Status: ✅ PASSED
  • Model: gpu-6000-devops-agent 
  • Response: "Hello! Yes, I am working. I am a large language mo..."
  • Latency: 0.41 seconds
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and model details:

> get_active_models

● gpu-6000-devops-agent/get_model_details(Model Details Retrieval) (ctrl+o to expand)

  Here are the active model details retrieved from the endpoint (https://gpu-6000-devops-agent-289270257791.us-        
  central1.run.app):

  ### 🧩 Active Model Info ( /v1/models )

    [
      {
        "id": "gpu-6000-devops-agent",
        "object": "model",
        "owned_by": "vllm"
      }
    ]

  ### 🩺 Health Status ( /health )

  • Status: Healthy ✅
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and the endpoint:

> get_endpoint

● gpu-6000-devops-agent/get_endpoint(Endpoint Retrieval) (ctrl+o to expand)

  The active endpoint is online at:

  🟢 https://gpu-6000-devops-agent-289270257791.us-central1.run.app
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and status:

> get_system_details

● gpu-6000-devops-agent/status_vllm(vLLM Status Retrieval) (ctrl+o to expand)

  Here are the detailed system and service status details for the gpu-6000-devops-agent deployment on Cloud Run:

  ### ⚙️ Cloud Run Service Conditions & Status

  • Overall Status: Ready ✅
  • Configuration Status: ConfigurationsReady (True) ✅
  • Route Status: RoutesReady (True) ✅
  • Latest Created Revision: gpu-6000-devops-agent-00002-hvw 
  • Direct URL: https://gpu-6000-devops-agent-wgcq55zbfq-uc.a.run.app
  • Last Transition Time: 2026-05-29T14:07:55Z 

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
> which gpu is cloud run using

● gpu-6000-devops-agent/get_vllm_deployment_config(Deployment Config Retrieval) (ctrl+o to expand)

  Cloud Run is configured to use the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation GPU (configured via --gpu-type=nvidia-rtx-pro-6000 
  with
  1 GPU unit).
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Check the Cloud Run deployment status:


> show the cloud run docker status

● Bash(docker ps -a)
● gpu-6000-devops-agent/analyze_gpu_logs(GPU Log Analysis)
● Bash(gcloud run services describe gpu-6000-devops-agent --region us-central1 --
format="value(status.latestReadyRevisio...)
● Bash(gcloud run revisions describe gpu-6000-devops-agent-00002-hvw --region us-central1) (ctrl+o to expand)

  Here is the current Docker/Container configuration and status for the active revision gpu-6000-devops-agent-00002-  
  hvw on
  Cloud Run:

  ### 🐳 Container & Image Information

  • Container Name: vllm-openai-1 
  • Docker Image: mirror.gcr.io/vllm/vllm-                                                                            
  openai@sha256:69cf768308bad3a6fde6ffeffc8ba1f28433752c01e9cb53f57bfaf547cec2e1 
  • Entrypoint Command: bash 
  • Arguments:
    -c vllm serve /mnt/models/gemma-4-E4B-it \
       --served-model-name gpu-6000-devops-agent \
       --enable-log-requests \
       --enable-chunked-prefill \
       --enable-prefix-caching \
       --generation-config auto \
       --enable-auto-tool-choice \
       --tool-call-parser gemma4 \
       --reasoning-parser gemma4 \
       --dtype bfloat16 \
       --quantization fp8 \
       --kv-cache-dtype fp8 \
       --max-num-seqs 8 \
       --gpu-memory-utilization 0.95 \
       --tensor-parallel-size 1 \
       --load-format runai_streamer \
       --port 8080 \
       --host 0.0.0.0 \
       --max-model-len 32767

  ### 🎛 Resource Allocation

  • CPU: 20 (Always allocated)
  • Memory: 80Gi 
  • GPU: 1 unit of NVIDIA RTX 6000 ( nvidia-rtx-pro-6000 )
  • Concurrency: 16 requests per container instance
  • Scale Limits: Min instances: 1 , Max instances: 3 

  ### 💾 Volumes

  • Model GCS Bucket: aisprint-491218-bucket mounted at /mnt/models (Read-only, uid/gid: 1001)
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Check the Cloud Run Service

Once Deployed — the model is visible as a standard Cloud Run Service:

Review the Model

Check the model details:

> what are the model details?

● gpu-6000-devops-agent/list_bucket_models(GCS Bucket Model Listing) (ctrl+o to expand)

  The model currently being served is Gemma 4 E4B-it ( gemma-4-E4B-it ).

  Here are the key details of the active model:

  ### 📁 Model Storage & Location

  • Source Path (in Cloud Storage Bucket): gs://aisprint-491218-bucket/gemma-4-E4B-it/ 
  • Local Container Mount Path: /mnt/models/gemma-4-E4B-it 
  • Model Size: The primary weights file ( model.safetensors ) is 15.25 GB (15,251.73 MB).

  ### ⚙️ vLLM serving configuration:

  • Quantization: fp8 
  • KV Cache Dtype: fp8 
  • Max Model Length: 32,767 tokens
  • Tensor Parallel Size: 1 (runs on a single GPU instance)
  • Serving Name (OpenAI endpoint ID): gpu-6000-devops-agent 

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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Once everything is online — you can send queries to the Model:

> query_gemma4_with_stats what is gemma4?

● gpu-6000-devops-agent/query_gemma4_with_stats(Gemma 4 Stats Query) (ctrl+o to expand)

  Here are the performance stats and response from the model:

  ### 📊 Performance Stats

  • Model: gpu-6000-devops-agent 
  • Time to First Token (TTFT): 0.093s 
  • Total Generation Time: 0.570s 
  • Throughput: 161.29 tokens/s 
  • Total Tokens Generated: ~77

  ### 💬 Model Response

  │ I am Gemma 4.
  │
  │ I am a Large Language Model developed by Google DeepMind. I am an open weights model, which means my underlying
  │ architecture and weights are available for the community to use and build upon.
  │
  │ In essence, I am a sophisticated AI designed to understand and generate human-like text based on the vast amounts
  of
  │ data I was trained on.
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Benchmark the Local Model

The local model was benchmarked:

  The matrix benchmark sweep has completed successfully! All 96 execution cells (concurrency levels from 1 to 128 
  across context window sizes from 8 to 16,384 tokens) were swept.

  I've generated a detailed summary and findings report in benchmark_results.md.

  ### 🚀 Key Performance Highlights

  • Stability: 100% Success Rate across all concurrent loads and context sizes.
  • Peak Throughput: Reached ~350–365 tokens/sec at high concurrencies for small context windows (8–32 tokens).
  • Deep Context Scaling: Maintained ~21–25 tokens/sec at the maximum 16,384 context window size under a high load of  
  128 concurrent users.
  • Latency: The average latency stayed under 0.25 seconds even during maximum concurrency/context window testing.
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This is visualized:

Compare L4 vs RTX 6000

The model was previously deployed on a Cloud Run L4 here:

Gemma 4 Deployment with NVIDIA L4, MCP, Cloud Run, and Antigravity CLI

There results were compared:

> compare results to L4 deployment
● Search(Find benchmark data)
● Read(/home/xbill/gemma4-tips/gpu-6000-devops-agent/benchmark_report.md) (ctrl+o to expand)

▸ Thought for 2s, 241 tokens
  Analyzing GPU Performance

● Create(/home/xbill/.gemini/antigravity-cli/brain/45...-41cd-9dea-85246ed1e468/comparison_report.md) (ctrl+o to expand)

  I have analyzed and compared your new NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Ada GPU benchmark results against the baseline NVIDIA L4
  GPU deployment results.

  The detailed comparative analysis is saved in the comparison_report.md artifact.

  ### 📊 Performance Summary: NVIDIA L4 vs. NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000

  • Peak Throughput: Increased from 80–90 tokens/sec on L4 to 350–365 tokens/sec on the RTX PRO 6000 (~4x throughput   
  speedup).
  • Average Latency: Dropped from ~1.0 second under load on L4 to under 0.25 seconds on the RTX PRO 6000 (~4x latency  
  reduction).
  • Context Capacity: Doubled from 16,384 tokens to 32,767 tokens (made possible by the RTX 6000's memory headroom
  combined with the configured FP8 model and KV-cache quantization).
  • Long Context Throughput (16k): Remains comparable (~21–25 tokens/sec on RTX 6000 vs. ~25–27 tokens/sec on L4), but
  with much lower latency under high user concurrency.

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and a deep dive:

> deep dive into L4 vs RTX PRO 6000 benchmark results

▸ Thought for 1s, 485 tokens
  Analyzing Benchmark Results

● Create(/home/xbill/.gemini/antigravity-cli/brain/45...1cd-9dea-85246ed1e468/benchmark_deep_dive.md) (ctrl+o to expand)

  I have compiled a detailed, systems-level benchmark comparison analyzing how the hardware specifications of the
  NVIDIA
  L4 and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell translate directly into the observed benchmark behaviors.

  The complete report is available in the benchmark_deep_dive.md artifact.

  ### 🔍 Summary of Key Architectural Explanations

  1. Memory Bandwidth Bottleneck (Autoregressive Decoding):
      • Observation: The L4 baseline flattens out around 80–90 tokens/sec at concurrency levels above 16. The RTX 6000
      Blackwell scales up to 365 tokens/sec at 128 concurrent users.
      • Explanation: The autoregressive decode phase is memory-bandwidth bound. The RTX 6000 Blackwell's 960 GB/s GDDR7
      bandwidth is 3.2x faster than the L4's 300 GB/s, allowing vLLM to process larger batches without memory stalls.
  2. Compute-Bound Prefill (Time to First Token & Latency):
      • Observation: Under high load, average latency on the L4 climbs to ~1.0 second, whereas it stays flat under 0.25
      seconds on the RTX 6000 Blackwell.
      • Explanation: Prompt processing (prefill) is compute-bound. The RTX 6000 Blackwell features 24,064 CUDA cores
      and 1,457 TFLOPS of FP8 performance (vs. 7,424 cores and 242 TFLOPS on L4), computing prompt matrix
      multiplications almost instantaneously.
  3. VRAM Headroom for Deep Context (16k vs. 32k):
      • Observation: The L4 hits a hard limit at a 16,384 context window. The RTX 6000 Blackwell scales up to 32,767   
      tokens with high concurrency.
      • Explanation: Large context windows require massive VRAM pools to store KV-caches. The RTX 6000 Blackwell's 96  
      GB VRAM easily accommodates the FP8-quantized model and deep KV-caches, maintaining a stable throughput of ~24.66
      tokens/sec at the maximum 32,767 limit.

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and graphed:

The Final Verdict? Surprise!

A full cost analysis was done:

  Analyzing Compute Costs
  To compare the cost efficiency of the NVIDIA L4 vs. the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 for serving the Gemma 4 (4B-it) model, we
  break down Google Cloud Run resource pricing (Tier 1 regions) and measure it against the benchmarked throughput.
  ──────
  ### 1. Google Cloud Run Resource Rates (Tier 1 Regions)

  To utilize GPUs on Cloud Run, the CPU and memory must remain allocated during the instance lifecycle.

   Billing Component | Unit Rate (CPU Always Allocated)
  ----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------
   vCPU | $0.00001800 per vCPU-second
   Memory | $0.00000200 per GiB-second
   NVIDIA L4 GPU (No Zonal Redundancy) | $0.00018670 per GPU-second (~$0.67/hr)
   NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 | $0.00079170 per GPU-second (~$2.85/hr)
  ──────
  ### 2. Minimum Stack Configurations & Hourly Costs

   Stack Component | 🟢 NVIDIA L4 Configuration | 🚀 NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Configuration
  ---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
   GPU | 1x NVIDIA L4 ($0.672/hr) | 1x NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 ($2.85/hr)
   vCPU Allocation | 4 vCPUs ($0.259/hr) | 20 vCPUs ($1.296/hr)
   Memory Allocation | 16 GiB ($0.115/hr) | 80 GiB ($0.576/hr)
   Total Hourly Cost | $1.047 / hour ($0.000291/sec) | $4.722 / hour ($0.001312/sec)
  ──────
  ### 3. Cost Per Token Comparison (Gemma 4 4B-it)

  Using the benchmark results for both setups, we calculate the cost per 1 Million Tokens:

  #### Scenario A: Peak Throughput (Short Context)

  • 🟢 NVIDIA L4: Peak Throughput of 90 tokens/sec
      • Time to generate 1M tokens: $11,111\text{ seconds}$ (~3.09 hours)
      • Cost per 1M Tokens: $\mathbf{\$3.23}$
  • 🚀 NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000: Peak Throughput of 365 tokens/sec
      • Time to generate 1M tokens: $2,740\text{ seconds}$ (~0.76 hours)
      • Cost per 1M Tokens: $\mathbf{\$3.59}$

  │ [!NOTE]
  │ For peak throughput workloads, the NVIDIA L4 is slightly cheaper (~10% lower cost per token), but the RTX PRO 6000
  │ delivers the tokens 4x faster with 4x lower latency.

  #### Scenario B: Deep Context Boundary (16K Context Window)

  • 🟢 NVIDIA L4: Throughput of 26 tokens/sec
      • Time to generate 1M tokens: $38,462\text{ seconds}$ (~10.68 hours)
      • Cost per 1M Tokens: $\mathbf{\$11.18}$
  • 🚀 NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000: Throughput of 23 tokens/sec
      • Time to generate 1M tokens: $43,478\text{ seconds}$ (~12.08 hours)
      • Cost per 1M Tokens: $\mathbf{\$57.03}$

  ──────
  ### 🏆 Verdict: Which has the best cost per token?

  1. Overall Winner: NVIDIA L4 GPU
  The NVIDIA L4 has the best cost per token across all scenarios. At 16K context windows, it is over 5x more cost-     
  effective than the RTX 6000 because the RTX 6000 is bound by a minimum compute footprint of 20 vCPUs and 80 GiB
  memory, making its base running cost significantly higher ($4.72/hr vs. $1.05/hr) even when throughput scales down at
  long contexts.
  2. Best for Latency/High Concurrency: RTX PRO 6000
  If sub-second latency under high concurrent load is required, the RTX PRO 6000 is only ~11% more expensive per token
  for short contexts while generating tokens 4x faster.

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Summary

The strategy for using MCP for Gemma 4 GPU deployment with Antigravity CLI was validated with a incremental step by step approach.

A minimal stdio transport MCP Server was started from Python source code and validated with Antigravity CLI running as a MCP client in the same local environment. These tools were used to deploy and benchmark the L4 and RTX 6000 GPUS on Google Cloud Run.

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