SmolLM2 1.7B Instruct — VRAM Requirements

作者: Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新: 2024年11月20日

How much GPU VRAM you need to run SmolLM2 SmolLM2 1.7B Instruct by HuggingFace locally, a 1.71B-parameter model. Figures are quantized weights + KV cache + framework overhead, computed from the model's parameter count and published architecture — not a throughput model. See /zh/methodology.

SmolLM2 1.7B Instruct needs about 3 GB VRAM at Q4_K_M.

VRAM by Quantization

QuantBits/weightWeightsTotal VRAM
Q2_K2.630.6 GB3.0 GB
Q3_K_M3.410.7 GB3.1 GB
Q4_K_M4.831.0 GB3.4 GB
Q5_K_M5.671.2 GB3.6 GB
Q6_K6.561.4 GB3.8 GB
Q8_08.501.8 GB4.2 GB
F1616.003.4 GB5.8 GB

Switch quantization in the interactive calculator, or see the full SmolLM2 model page.

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VRAM Requirements

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Estimates only — actual VRAM varies with context length, batch size, runtime and KV-cache settings.