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Yes. SmolLM2 1.7B fits in fast memory on M3 8GB at Q8_0 (2.5 GB needed, 5.4 GB usable), about 44 tok/s (estimate).
Hardware: M3 8GB · Model: SmolLM2 1.7B
M3 8GB has 8 GB of unified memory and 100 GB/s of memory bandwidth. M2 8GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is M3 8GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 5.4 GB. SmolLM2 1.7B (1.71B, HuggingFace) at Q8_0 is a 1.8 GB download and needs 2.5 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.
| Best quant | Q8_0 |
|---|---|
| Download size | 1.8 GB |
| Memory needed | 2.5 GB |
| Usable fast memory | 5.4 GB |
| Fit | fits in fast memory |
| Estimated speed | ~44 tok/s (estimate) |
| Command | ollama run smollm2:1.7b |
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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