Can it run?
Runs well
Using Q6_K in Ollama
Fit status
Runs well
Decode
217.7 tok/s
TTFT
889 ms
Safe context
40K
Memory
3.2 GB / 8.0 GB
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic Coding | C | Runs well | 178.4 tok/s | 1578 ms | 80K |
| Chat | C | Runs well | 178.4 tok/s | 592 ms | 20K |
| Coding | C | Runs well | 217.7 tok/s | 889 ms | 40K |
| RAG | C | Runs well | 178.4 tok/s | 1973 ms | 80K |
| Reasoning | C | Runs well | 178.4 tok/s | 1282 ms | 40K |
How SmolVLM 500M Instruct (0.5B params) fits at each quantization level on Radeon RX 7700S 8GB (8.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 0.2 GB | Low | D30 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 0.2 GB | Low | D30 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
huggingface-cli download hf-ggml-org--smolvlm-500m-instruct-gguf| Medium |
| D30 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 0.3 GB | Medium | D30 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 0.4 GB | High | D31 |
Q6_K | 6 | 0.4 GB | High | D31 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 0.5 GB | Very High | D31 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 1.0 GB | Maximum | D32 |