SmolLM · 1.7B · Desktop / import
SmolLM2 1.7B Instruct on a phone
Hugging Face’s small all-rounder. Surprisingly capable for its size.
- Parameters
- 1.7B
- Typical Q4
- ~1.0 GB
- RAM to budget
- ~2.2 GB
- Engines
- GGUF
Get it running
SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct Q4_K_M via LM Studio / custom HF import. Hugging Face: HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct.
Load in LM Studio or Ollama, then chat from the phone.
Get LM Mini and load a model that actually fits — on-device, or via Connect to a PC.
Phones that can run it
- iPhone 17 Pro Max Runs well
- iPhone 17 Pro Runs well
- iPhone Air Runs well
- iPhone 17 Runs well
- Pixel 10 Pro XL Runs well
- Pixel 10 Pro Runs well
- Pixel 10 Runs well
- Galaxy S26 Ultra Runs well
- iPhone 16 Pro Max Runs well
- iPhone 16 Pro Runs well
- iPhone 16 Plus Runs well
- iPhone 16 Runs well
- iPhone 16e Fits
- iPhone 15 Pro Max Runs well
- iPhone 15 Pro Runs well
- iPhone 15 Plus Fits
- iPhone 15 Fits
- iPhone 14 Pro Max Fits
Tight (close other apps)
- None in this guide — use a Mac or Connect.