New model scheduling
What changed
New model scheduling September 23, 2025 Ollama now includes a significantly improved model scheduling system. Ahead of running a model, Ollama’s new engine will now measure the exact amount of memory required compared to an estimation in previous versions of Ollama. This has several benefits: - Significantly reduced crashes due to out of memory issues: Because memory management is exact, over-allocations no longer occur meaning fewer out of memory issues.
Why it matters
A concrete addition to Practical AI: Tools, Models & Frameworks: it changes what's available to builders today rather than being general commentary.
How it compares
Related prior coverage to compare against:
- Improved performance and model support with GGUF
- Bringing serverless GPU inference to Hugging Face users
- Windows preview
Sources
- New model scheduling (ollama-blog)primary