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Can a Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 256GB run SmolLM2 135M?

Yes. SmolLM2 135M fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 256GB at FP16 (0.9 GB needed, 192.0 GB usable), about 2427 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 256GB · Model: SmolLM2 135M

Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 256GB has 256 GB of unified memory and 819 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 256GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 192.0 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 memory192.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~2427 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run smollm2:135m
Open Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 256GB 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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