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Can a M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB run SmolLM2 135M?

Yes. SmolLM2 135M fits in fast memory on M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB at FP16 (0.9 GB needed, 27.0 GB usable), about 889 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB · Model: SmolLM2 135M

M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB has 36 GB of unified memory and 300 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 27.0 GB. SmolLM2 135M (0.135B, HuggingFace) at FP16 is a 0.27 GB download and needs 0.9 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantFP16
Download size0.27 GB
Memory needed0.9 GB
Usable fast memory27.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~889 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run smollm2:135m
Open M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB 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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