# Get your VLM running in 3 simple steps on Intel CPUs

DevFeed: [Get your VLM running in 3 simple steps on Intel CPUs](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/get-your-vlm-running-in-3-simple-steps-on-intel-cpus-7431.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://huggingface.co/blog/openvino-vlm>)

Author: Ezequiel Lanza; Helena; Nikita; Ella Charlaix; Ilyas Moutawwakil

Published: 2025-10-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Hugging Face - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hugging-face-blog.md>)

Topics: [vlm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vlm.md>), [smolvlm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/smolvlm.md>), [optimum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/optimum.md>), [quantization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/quantization.md>), [Inference](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/inference.md>), [intel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/intel.md>)

Tags: [inference](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/inference.md>), [intel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/intel.md>), [optimum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimum.md>), [quantization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantization.md>), [smolvlm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/smolvlm.md>), [vlm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vlm.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial explains how to run SmolVLM locally with Optimum Intel and OpenVINO, then optimize it for lower memory use and faster inference through quantization.

## Source excerpt

We're on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.