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Can a RTX 5090 32GB run SmolLM2 135M?

Yes. SmolLM2 135M fits in fast memory on RTX 5090 32GB at FP16 (0.9 GB needed, 31.5 GB usable), about 3982 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: RTX 5090 32GB · Model: SmolLM2 135M

RTX 5090 32GB has 32 GB of VRAM and 1792 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker holds back 0.5 GB of VRAM for the driver and assumes 16 GB of system RAM, so fast memory usable by Ollama is 31.5 GB. Partial offload may also use 60% of that system RAM. 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 memory31.5 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~3982 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run smollm2:135m
Open RTX 5090 32GB 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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