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Can the Intel Core i5-1235U / i7-1255U NAS (64 GB) run SmolLM 135M Instruct?

2Basic quality (D) · 2 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 43/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

Yes, it runs great

Runs great. At F16 it needs about 5.3 GB of 54.4 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 82.7 tok/s.

Best quant
F16
Generation speed
82.7 tok/s
Prompt processing
1,885 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
0.5 s
Largest safe context
2K

Best app to run it on the Intel Core i5-1235U / i7-1255U NAS (64 GB)

On Linux

Ollama

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp (ggml), MLX (Apple silicon, preview)

  • One command with Ollama’s own build of this model.
  • Serves an OpenAI-compatible API that other apps and coding tools can use.
ollama run smollm:135m-instruct-v0.2-fp16

How we choose: the files published for this model, which apps run in a container on a NAS without a graphics card (models run on its processor), and whether the model fits fully in the memory models can use. Details.

Download SmolLM 135M Instruct

Recommended for the Intel Core i5-1235U / i7-1255U NAS (64 GB): F16. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

Quickest · Ollama

One command downloads a ready-to-run version and starts a chat.

Get Ollama at ollama.com/download (opens in a new tab) · model page (opens in a new tab)

ollama run smollm:135m-instruct-v0.2-fp16

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in LM Studio, llama.cpp, Jan and Ollama. No sign-in needed.

huggingface.co/QuantFactory/SmolLM-135M-Instruct-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/QuantFactory/SmolLM-135M-Instruct-GGUF

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from Hugging Face, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM-135M-Instruct (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Links checked 3 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 2Basic quality (D) · 2 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 43/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
How capable the model itself is at F16, from its editorial quality tier scaled by the quantization or precision. It’s the same on any hardware that runs this variant. Scale: A+ 85+ · A 70+ · B 55+ · C 40+ · D under 40.
Runs Runs great
How well it runs on the Intel Core i5-1235U / i7-1255U NAS (64 GB): speed, capped by how well it fits in memory. Runs great: 30+ tokens/s (or near the image, video or decision speed target) · Runs well: 10+ tokens/s · Slow: 3+ tokens/s · Very slow: under 3 · Won’t run: doesn’t fit even with offload. A tight fit or RAM offload caps it at Runs well; heavy offload caps it at Slow.

Match score

To order lists, each result also gets a match score out of 100 from four parts. It favors the most capable model that still runs well.

Model qualityEditorial quality tier of the model, scaled by the quantization or precision used.0.9 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when the model fits in the share of the NAS’s memory that models can use (the rest stays with the NAS system and its storage services); fewer when it goes past that limit.25.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.15.0 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.2.2 / 15
Match score43.1 / 100

The match score orders results; it is not shown as a grade. Quality and Runs are the two ratings in the tables.

Every quantization on the Intel Core i5-1235U / i7-1255U NAS (64 GB)

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Runs Quality Download
Q2_K 5.1 GB 54.4 GB 579 tok/s Runs great 1Basic quality (D) · 1 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 42/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M 5.1 GB 54.4 GB 456 tok/s Runs great 1Basic quality (D) · 1 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 42/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q4_K_M 5.1 GB 54.4 GB 353 tok/s Runs great 1Basic quality (D) · 1 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 43/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 5.1 GB 54.4 GB 291 tok/s Runs great 1Basic quality (D) · 1 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 43/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q6_K 5.1 GB 54.4 GB 245 tok/s Runs great 1Basic quality (D) · 1 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 43/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q8_0 5.1 GB 54.4 GB 179 tok/s Runs great 2Basic quality (D) · 2 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 43/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
F16 5.3 GB 54.4 GB 82.7 tok/s Runs great 2Basic quality (D) · 2 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 43/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Memory figures assume 2K of context. Longer conversations or documents grow the KV cache.

Other hardware that runs it

Quick answers

How much memory does SmolLM 135M Instruct need on the Intel Core i5-1235U / i7-1255U NAS 64GB?

At F16 it needs about 5.3 GB. The Intel Core i5-1235U / i7-1255U NAS 64GB has 54.4 GB usable.

How fast is SmolLM 135M Instruct on the Intel Core i5-1235U / i7-1255U NAS 64GB?

About 82.7 tok/s at F16, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of SmolLM 135M Instruct should I use on the Intel Core i5-1235U / i7-1255U NAS 64GB?

F16. Of the versions that fit, it is the one that runs best; when two run equally well, the check prefers the higher-rated one.

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.

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