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Can I run SmolLM2 135M on Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra?

Compatibility verdict VRAM threshold engine
Yes, it runs usable speed ~366 tok/s est.

Yes. SmolLM2 135M runs on Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra at Q4_K_M (~1 GB of ~8.5 GB usable).

Needs ~1 GB Device usable ~8.5 GB

Runs at Q4_K_M using ~1 GB of ~8.5 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. Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra leaves ~7.5 GB of headroom, room to step up to FP16 for higher quality.

Q4_K_M needed
~1 GB
Usable on device
~8.5 GB
Device memory
12 GB
Best quant
Q4_K_M
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Quant ladder vs ~8.5 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 Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra's ~8.5 GB budget; rungs past it are too large.

Running cost · estimate

Power & economics est.
Power draw
~8 W
Electricity / 1M tokens
~$0
Pays for itself after
~2,598M tok

At ~$0.15/kWh and the estimated ~366 tok/s, a million generated tokens costs about $0 in electricity. Versus a hosted API at ~$0.5 per million tokens, the ~$1,299 Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra pays for itself after roughly 2,598 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.

How to run it

On Android use PocketPal AI (Polished app, download GGUF and run offline.).

Model SmolLM2
Parameters
0.135B
Q4_K_M size
0.105 GB
Q8_0 size
0.145 GB
Context
2k
Ollama tag
smollm2:135m
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Device Android
Memory
12 GB ram
Usable for weights
~8.5 GB
Power draw
~8 W
Best runtime
llama.cpp (PocketPal) or MLC-LLM (Adreno GPU path)
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FAQ

Can Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra run SmolLM2 135M?

Yes. SmolLM2 135M runs on Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra at Q4_K_M (~1 GB of ~8.5 GB usable).

How much memory does SmolLM2 135M need?

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra 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 Android?

On Android, PocketPal AI (Polished app, download GGUF and run offline.) is the go-to option. NPU acceleration is limited and chip-specific; most apps run on CPU. Expect 1B-4B class.

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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.