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HuggingFace/Dense

HuggingFaceSmolLM2 1.7B

Best-in-class tiny model. Surprisingly capable for chat on minimal hardware.

chatTool Use
1.71B
Parameters
8K
Context length
8
Benchmarks
6
Quantizations
400K
HF downloads
Architecture
Dense
Released
2024-11-21
Layers
24
KV Heads
32
Head Dim
64
Family
smollm

Quantization Options

QuantBitsVRAMQuality
Q4_K_M4.891.5 GBgood
Q5_K_S5.571.7 GBgood
Q5_K_M5.71.7 GBgood
Q6_K6.561.9 GBexcellent
Q8_08.52.3 GBlossless
FP16163.9 GBlossless

Select your GPU above to see speed estimates and compatibility for each quantization.

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Benchmarks (8)

Arena Elo1062
IFEval55.0
HumanEval22.0
MMLU-PRO11.7
BBH10.9
MATH5.8
MUSR4.1
GPQA3.9

Run this model

▸Easiest way to get started·Beginners
DOCS ↗
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
$ollama run smollm2:1.7b-q4_K_M

Downloads and runs automatically. Add --verbose for speed stats.

▸ SETUP GUIDE
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Auto-setup with fitmyllm CLI

Detects your GPU, recommends the best model, downloads it, and starts chatting — zero config. Benchmarks your speed and contributes anonymous data to improve predictions.

pip install fitmyllmthen run fitmyllmLearn more
Auto-detect GPULive tok/s in chatSpeed benchmarks9 inference engines
HuggingFaceOllama LibraryGGUF DownloadsBuild Hardware

GPUs that can run this model

At Q4_K_M quantization. Sorted by minimum VRAM.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM
2 GB VRAM • 112.9 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA Quadro 4000 Mac Edition
2 GB VRAM • 89.9 GB/s
NVIDIA
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AMD FireGL V8650
2 GB VRAM • 111 GB/s
AMD
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 X2
2 GB VRAM • 148 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
2 GB VRAM • 77 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA Quadro 5000M
2 GB VRAM • 77 GB/s
NVIDIA
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AMD Radeon HD 6950
2 GB VRAM • 160 GB/s
AMD
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AMD Radeon HD 6970
2 GB VRAM • 176 GB/s
AMD
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Intel Aubrey Isle
2 GB VRAM • 154 GB/s
INTEL
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AMD Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6
2 GB VRAM • 154 GB/s
AMD
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
2 GB VRAM • 96 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
2 GB VRAM • 96 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA Quadro 1000M
2 GB VRAM • 29 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA Quadro 2000M
2 GB VRAM • 29 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA Quadro 3000M
2 GB VRAM • 80 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA Quadro 3000M X2
2 GB VRAM • 80 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA Quadro 4000M
2 GB VRAM • 80 GB/s
NVIDIA
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AMD Radeon HD 6550A
2 GB VRAM • 26 GB/s
AMD
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AMD Radeon HD 6570
2 GB VRAM • 64 GB/s
AMD
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AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
2 GB VRAM • 134 GB/s
AMD
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AMD Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition
2 GB VRAM • 115 GB/s
AMD
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AMD Radeon HD 6970M X2
2 GB VRAM • 115 GB/s
AMD
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AMD Radeon HD 6990
2 GB VRAM • 160 GB/s
AMD
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AMD Radeon HD 6990M
2 GB VRAM • 115 GB/s
AMD
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
2 GB VRAM • 144 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
2 GB VRAM • 179 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
2 GB VRAM • 144 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
2 GB VRAM • 80 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
2 GB VRAM • 192 GB/s
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M
2 GB VRAM • 96 GB/s
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Find the best GPU for SmolLM2 1.7B

Build Hardware for SmolLM2 1.7B

Model Card

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Best-in-class tiny model. Surprisingly capable for chat on minimal hardware.

▸ SPEC SHEET

SmolLM2 1.7B — 1.71B Dense.

▸ SPECIFICATIONS
PARAMETERS
1.71B
ARCHITECTURE
Dense Transformer
CONTEXT LENGTH
8K tokens
CAPABILITIES
chat
RELEASE DATE
2024-11-21
PROVIDER
HuggingFace
FAMILY
smollm
▸ VRAM REQUIREMENTS
QUANTBPWVRAMQUALITY
Q4_K_M4.891.5 GB94%
Q5_K_S5.571.7 GB96%
Q5_K_M5.71.7 GB96%
Q6_K6.561.9 GB97%
Q8_08.52.3 GB100%
FP16163.9 GB100%
§ 01BENCHMARK SCORES
HumanEval22.0
MMLU-PRO11.7
MATH5.8
IFEval55.0
BBH10.9
GPQA3.9
MUSR4.1
Arena Elo1062.0
§ 02RUN COMMAND

Run SmolLM2 1.7B locally with Ollama — needs 1.5 GB VRAM at Q4_K_M:

$ollama run smollm2:1.7b
§ 03COMPATIBLE GPUs
30 @ Q4_K_M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM
2 GB · 112.9 GB/s
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 Mac Edition
2 GB · 89.9 GB/s
AMD FireGL V8650
2 GB · 111 GB/s
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 X2
2 GB · 148 GB/s
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
2 GB · 77 GB/s
NVIDIA Quadro 5000M
2 GB · 77 GB/s
AMD Radeon HD 6950
2 GB · 160 GB/s
AMD Radeon HD 6970
2 GB · 176 GB/s
Intel Aubrey Isle
2 GB · 154 GB/s
AMD Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6
2 GB · 154 GB/s
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
2 GB · 96 GB/s
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
2 GB · 96 GB/s
NVIDIA Quadro 1000M
2 GB · 29 GB/s
NVIDIA Quadro 2000M
2 GB · 29 GB/s
NVIDIA Quadro 3000M
2 GB · 80 GB/s