Phi-4 locally: a small model that's still handy, with one dated catch

Microsoft's Phi-4 is a compact 14B that runs on a mid-range card — but at 16K context and a late-2024 release, it shows its age next to newer… Aliteq Lena Fischer · AI & Local Compute Editor

Phi-4 is Microsoft's compact 14B model (MIT licensed), released in late 2024. At Q4_K_M our VRAM engine computes about 12 GB, so it fits a 12GB card (tight) or a 16GB card comfortably. It's a…

14B params, dense, MIT licence, 16K context — from the model card (released Dec 2024).

Q4_K_M ~12 GB, Q8_0 ~18.4 GB (computed by our VRAM engine, 16K context).

Fits 12–16GB; newer 14B-class models offer far larger context.

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