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Can a M3 24GB run SmolLM2 360M?

Yes. SmolLM2 360M fits in fast memory on M3 24GB at FP16 (1.3 GB needed, 16.1 GB usable), about 110 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M3 24GB · Model: SmolLM2 360M

M3 24GB has 24 GB of unified memory and 100 GB/s of memory bandwidth. M2 24GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is M3 24GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 16.1 GB. SmolLM2 360M (0.362B, HuggingFace) at FP16 is a 0.73 GB download and needs 1.3 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantFP16
Download size0.73 GB
Memory needed1.3 GB
Usable fast memory16.1 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~110 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run smollm2:360m
Open M3 24GB in the checker

Estimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-23.

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