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SmolVLM2-2.2B-Instruct
HuggingFaceTB · open license · on Arena since 8 Feb 2025
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Size2.2 Bparameters
4-bit download1.3 GBweights only, Q4_K_M
Max context—
Where to use it for free
- Download and run it at home: official weights · GGUF files for Ollama and LM Studio
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Speed on popular hardware
| Hardware | GPU memory | Fits? | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 3060 12 GB | 12 GB | Fits in GPU | 155 tok/s |
| RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB | 16 GB | Fits in GPU | 124 tok/s |
| RTX 3090 | 24 GB | Fits in GPU | 404 tok/s |
| RTX 4090 | 24 GB | Fits in GPU | 435 tok/s |
| RTX 5090 | 32 GB | Fits in GPU | 774 tok/s |
| RX 7900 XTX | 24 GB | Fits in GPU | 414 tok/s |
| 2 × RTX 3090 | 48 GB | Fits in GPU | 392 tok/s |
| 4 × RTX 3090 | 96 GB | Fits in GPU | 371 tok/s |
| Mac M4 Max 128 GB | 96 GB | Fits in GPU | 236 tok/s |
| Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128 GB | 96 GB | Fits in GPU | 111 tok/s |
| 8 × H100 SXM | 640 GB | Fits in GPU | 1195 tok/s |
Estimate at 4-bit with 32K context, 64 GB of DDR5 for offload. Speed ≈ memory bandwidth × 70% ÷ data read per token; real numbers vary by about ±30%.
GPU memory needed
| Level | 8K context | 32K context | 128K context | Quality vs full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3_K_M | 1.8 GB | 2.0 GB | 2.9 GB | +10.5% noticeable loss |
| Q4_K_M | 2.0 GB | 2.2 GB | 3.1 GB | +2.8% small loss |
| Q5_K_M | 2.2 GB | 2.5 GB | 3.3 GB | +0.9% very small loss |
| Q6_K | 2.5 GB | 2.7 GB | 3.6 GB | +0.3% near-lossless |
| Q8_0 | 3.0 GB | 3.2 GB | 4.1 GB | ≈ 0% same as full |
| F16 | 5.1 GB | 5.3 GB | 6.2 GB | ≈ 0% same as full |
Weights + context cache (from the model's architecture) + runtime. Quality: increase in perplexity against the full model, from llama.cpp tests, scaled by model size. Simulate your own setup.