diff --git a/unsloth/models/_utils.py b/unsloth/models/_utils.py
index 0ad258889..0230f8456 100644
--- a/unsloth/models/_utils.py
+++ b/unsloth/models/_utils.py
@@ -201,6 +201,35 @@ def filter(self, x): return not (self.text in x.getMessage())
 
 # Patch get_model_param_count to record correct 4bit / 8bit
 from transformers.trainer_pt_utils import is_deepspeed_zero3_enabled
+
+def extract_approx_params_from_config(config):
+    """
+    Extract approximate parameter count from model config's name_or_path
+    Returns int (param count) or None if not found.
+    """
+    lowercase_b_families = ["gemma"] # gemma uses small 'b' : google/gemma-3-1b-it
+    model_name = getattr(config, "name_or_path", "")
+    import re
+    cleaned = re.sub(r"[-_]?bnb[-_]?4bit|[-_]?4bit|[-_]?8bit|[-_]?bnb", "", model_name, flags=re.IGNORECASE) # replace bnb and xbit
+    match_B = re.search(r"([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\s*B", cleaned) # first prefer searching 'B'
+    if match_B:
+        # most model names would come in this flow
+        billions = float(match_B.group(1))
+        return int(1_000_000_000 * billions)
+    else:
+        if any(fam in cleaned.lower() for fam in lowercase_b_families):
+            match_b = re.search(r"([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\s*b", cleaned)
+            if match_b:
+                billions = float(match_b.group(1))
+                return int(1_000_000_000 * billions)
+        else:
+            match_any = re.search(r"([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\s*[bB]", cleaned)
+            if match_any:
+                billions = float(match_any.group(1))
+                return int(1_000_000_000 * billions)
+    return None
+
+
 def get_model_param_count(model, trainable_only = False):
     """
     Calculate model's total param count. If trainable_only is True then count only those requiring grads
@@ -215,12 +244,9 @@ def numel(p):
     if (not trainable_only) and \
         hasattr(model, "config") and \
         hasattr(model.config, "quantization_config"):
-
-        billions = re.findall(r"([0-9]{1,})(?:b|B)", model.config.name_or_path)
-        if len(billions) != 0:
-            billions = int(billions[0])
-            s = 1_000_000_000 * billions
-    pass
+        approx = extract_approx_params_from_config(model.config)
+        if approx is not None:
+            s = approx
     return s
 pass
 import transformers.trainer_pt_utils