SmolLM2 1.7B Instruct

SmolLM2 1.7B Instruct, 8-bit GGUF; runs on small GPUs and 8 GB Macs. Chat in your browser, plus an OpenAI-compatible API.

Engine: llama.cpp · Q8_0
Size: 1.8 GB
GPU memory: 7.5 GiB or more
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Picked Apple M4 Pro (20-core GPU): the lowest price that fits. No speed data for these GPUs yet.

3 machines can run this now · all new hosts1× Apple M4 Pro (20-core GPU)$0.12/hRecommended48 GB unified · 36 GB for AI 🇨🇭 Switzerland Dedicated 1× Apple M3 Max (30-core GPU)$0.13/h36 GB unified · 28 GB for AI 🇮🇳 India Dedicated 1× Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)$0.26/h48 GB unified · 37 GB for AI 🇺🇸 United States Dedicated

On 1× Apple M4 Pro (20-core GPU). Runs 1 h, then stops · holds $0.115 · incl. 10% fee

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Duration in hoursHard cap: the machine stops at this limit even if you forget. Snaps to 30-minute steps up to a day, whole days after.

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Hardware that can run this

M4 Pro · 24 GB unifiedQ8_0, Q4, FP16 · est. 89–128 tok/sDeployable now · $0.12/h

19 more devices could run it, none online

Hardware	Fits	Est. speed
RTX 3080 Ti · 12 GB	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	300–426 tok/s
M1 · 16 GB unified	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	Evidence unavailable: no cited memory bandwidth for this hardware
M1 Pro · 16 GB unified	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	65–94 tok/s
M2 · 16 GB unified	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	32–47 tok/s
M2 Pro · 16 GB unified	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	65–94 tok/s
M3 · 16 GB unified	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	32–47 tok/s
M4 · 16 GB unified	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	39–57 tok/s
RX 6800 XT · 16 GB	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	Evidence unavailable: no cited memory bandwidth for this hardware
M3 Pro · 18 GB unified	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	49–71 tok/s
RTX 3090 · 24 GB	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	308–438 tok/s
RTX 4090 · 24 GB	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	332–471 tok/s
RX 7900 XTX · 24 GB	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	Evidence unavailable: no cited memory bandwidth for this hardware
M1 Max · 32 GB unified	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	131–187 tok/s
M2 Max · 32 GB unified	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	131–187 tok/s
M3 Max · 48 GB unified	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	98–141 tok/s
M4 Max · 48 GB unified	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	135–192 tok/s
M4 Pro · 48 GB unified	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	89–128 tok/s
Instinct MI210 · 64 GB	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	Evidence unavailable: no cited memory bandwidth for this hardware
M4 Max · 64 GB unified	Q8_0, Q4, FP16	135–192 tok/s

Speeds are estimates from memory bandwidth and weight size, not measured benchmarks. A price is the cheapest listed offer for that hardware.

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Rating: No ratings yet
Runs: 0
Min VRAM: 8.1 GB
Backend: Metal on Apple silicon
Weights: 1.8 GB
Version: llamacpp-smollm2-1-7b-instruct-v1.0.0
Image digest: 1f4b9cf58982…
Health check: SSH probe on the leased endpoint

We match GPUs on their measured runtime and dedicated VRAM. A hardware report doesn't qualify another vendor's backend.

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