Can I run SmolLM3 3B?

chatgeneralreasoning · sizes: 3B

What runs it

machinebest fitverdictspeed
Apple M1 · 8GB 3B Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 16–25 tok/s
Apple M1 Pro · 16GB 3B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 30–50 tok/s
Apple M2 · 16GB 3B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 16–25 tok/s
Apple M3 Pro · 18GB 3B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 25–40 tok/s
Apple M2 Pro · 32GB 3B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 30–50 tok/s
Apple M4 Pro · 48GB 3B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 35–60 tok/s
Apple M3 Max · 36GB 3B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 50–80 tok/s
Apple M2 Max · 64GB 3B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 50–80 tok/s
Apple M4 Max · 128GB 3B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 60–100 tok/s
Apple M2 Ultra · 192GB 3B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 65–110 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 · 12GB VRAM 3B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 40–65 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 · 12GB VRAM 3B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 55–95 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 · 24GB VRAM 3B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 110–190 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 · 16GB VRAM 3B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 110–180 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 · 32GB VRAM 3B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 200–330 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX · 24GB VRAM 3B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 100–170 tok/s

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Architectural kin

8 models share SmolLM3 3B's KV-cache geometry — they size memory the same way, so a rig that fits one tends to fit its same-size kin.

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