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Smaug-Nemotron-3.5 released as open-source model for single-machine agents

Why we picked it

Local hardware requirements are the practical headline: one DGX Spark, H200 or GB200 means teams can keep agentic coding inside their own infrastructure instead of paying API costs. Builders running open-source agent stacks should compare it against Chinese open models like DeepSeek on agentic coding benchmarks before choosing a default.

Smaug-Nemotron-3.5 builds on Nvidia's latest open-source model and is available now on HuggingFace. The model is optimised for agentic coding and improves on Deep-SWE. It can run on a single machine, with support for one DGX Spark, one H200 or one GB200. The team positions it as the strongest US open-source model for local agent workloads.

Original · Bindu Reddy

🚨 Announcing Smaug-Nemotron-3.5 - The Best US Open-Source LLM That Can Run On Your Desktop

We are super excited to push the boundaries of US open-source.

Smaug-Nemotron improves on Nvidia's latest model that literally runs on a single machine; all you need is one DGX Spark, one H200, or one GB200!

The Smaug variant is optimized for agentic coding, improves Deep-SWE, and enables local agents.

It's the best US agentic open-source model that can run on a single machine. Weights are now available on HuggingFace