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Can I run SmolLM2 135M on AMD Ryzen AI Halo (128GB)?

Compatibility verdict VRAM threshold engine
Yes, it runs GPU accelerated ~1585 tok/s est.

Yes. SmolLM2 135M runs on AMD Ryzen AI Halo (128GB) at Q4_K_M (~1 GB of ~96 GB usable).

Needs ~1 GB Device usable ~96 GB

Runs at Q4_K_M using ~1 GB of ~96 GB usable. You have room for FP16 for higher quality.

That figure is at a 4k context and moves about ±15% as context length changes. AMD Ryzen AI Halo (128GB) leaves ~95 GB of headroom, room to step up to FP16 for higher quality.

Q4_K_M needed
~1 GB
Usable on device
~96 GB
Device memory
128 GB
Best quant
Q4_K_M
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Which quant fits

Quant ladder vs ~96 GB usable
Q2_K
~1 GB
Q3_K_M
~1 GB
Q4_K_M
~1 GB
Q5_K_M
~1 GB
Q6_K
~1 GB
Q8_0
~1 GB
FP16
~1.2 GB
The line marks AMD Ryzen AI Halo (128GB)'s ~96 GB budget; rungs past it are too large.

Running cost · estimate

Power & economics est.
Power draw
~120 W
Electricity / 1M tokens
~$0
Pays for itself after
~7,998M tok

At ~$0.15/kWh and the estimated ~1585 tok/s, a million generated tokens costs about $0 in electricity. Versus a hosted API at ~$0.5 per million tokens, the ~$3,999 AMD Ryzen AI Halo (128GB) pays for itself after roughly 7,998 million tokens, so local hardware is mostly a fixed cost, not a per-token one. TDP is the peak draw, so this is an upper bound. Assumptions.

Run it

Install commands Windows

Pick your tool. All 3 load the same Q4_K_M weights.

Ollama
$ ollama run smollm2:135m
llama.cpp
$ llama-cli -hf bartowski/SmolLM2-135M-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
LM Studio
$ lms get bartowski/SmolLM2-135M-Instruct-GGUF
Model SmolLM2
Parameters
0.135B
Q4_K_M size
0.105 GB
Q8_0 size
0.145 GB
Context
2k
Ollama tag
smollm2:135m
Full SmolLM2 135M requirements →
Device Windows
Memory
128 GB unified
Usable for weights
~96 GB
Power draw
~120 W
Best runtime
llama.cpp (Vulkan/ROCm) / LM Studio
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FAQ

Can AMD Ryzen AI Halo (128GB) run SmolLM2 135M?

Yes. SmolLM2 135M runs on AMD Ryzen AI Halo (128GB) at Q4_K_M (~1 GB of ~96 GB usable).

How much memory does SmolLM2 135M need?

AMD Ryzen AI Halo (128GB) has room to spare. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~0.105 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~1 GB at a 4k context.

What is the best tool to run SmolLM2 135M on Windows?

LM Studio for a simple setup; Ollama (CUDA) for the most speed. AMD GPUs run via Vulkan/ROCm at roughly half CUDA throughput. NVIDIA is the smooth path on Windows.

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Sources

Weights are measured from GGUF files; KV cache and overhead are computed, so totals can vary ~15% with context and runtime. Any tok/s is a bandwidth estimate. See methodology.