Can a Jetson Orin Nano run SmolLM2 1.7B?
Yes, at a comfortable chat speed. Measured generation speed: 41 tok/s across 1 public run.
Rule of thumb: 10+ tok/s feels like a chat; 4–10 is usable for assistants and automations; under 4 is batch-job territory. Speeds depend on quantization, runtime, context length and cooling. Check each source.
| Board | Size | Runtime | Gen tok/s | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jetson Orin Nano Jetson Orin Nano 8GB (original mode) | 1.7B | MLC | 41 | source ↗ 2025-01-16 |
SmolLM2 1.7B on other boards
- Jetson Orin NX 8GB Super 69.8 tok/s best
- Jetson Orin NX 16GB Super 68.8 tok/s best
- Jetson Orin Nano Super 64.5 tok/s best
- Jetson Orin NX 16GB 59.5 tok/s best
- Jetson Orin NX 8GB 51.5 tok/s best
- Raspberry Pi 5 8.23 tok/s best
Buy a Jetson Orin Nano
- Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit (same hardware, original power mode)$399same dev kit as Super; Super mode is a JetPack 6.2 flash · price source ↗ (2026-07-21)Buy at Seeed StudioBuy on Amazon
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