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Can I run Phi-4 Mini 3.8B locally?

Microsoft · 3.84B parameters · chat, reasoning.

Ollama weight files: Q4_K_M 2.5 GB (phi4-mini:3.8b); Q8_0 4.1 GB (phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0).

Yes on 62 machines in this list. The smallest is M1 8GB: Q8_0, about 4.9 GB, roughly 13 tokens per second, via Ollama. ollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0

Setup on DGX Spark 128GB (NVIDIA, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte)

Open Phi-4 Mini 3.8B in the checker

Hardware that fits

HardwareRuntimeQuantMemoryFitSpeedCommand
M1 8GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~13 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M2 8GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~20 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M3 8GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~20 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RTX 3060 Ti 8GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~66 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RTX 3070 8GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~66 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RTX 4060 8GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~40 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RX 7600 8GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~42 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RTX 3080 10GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~111 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M1 16GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~13 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M2 16GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~20 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M3 16GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~20 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M4 16GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~23 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RTX 3060 12GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~53 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RTX 4070 12GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~74 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RTX 5070 12GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~98 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RTX 4060 Ti 16GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~42 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~98 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RTX 4080 16GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~105 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RTX 5080 16GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~140 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RX 7800 XT 16GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~91 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RX 9070 XT 16GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~94 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M2 24GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~20 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M3 24GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~20 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M4 24GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~23 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RTX 3090 24GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~137 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RTX 4090 24GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~148 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RX 7900 XTX 24GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~140 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M1 Pro 32GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~39 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M2 Pro 32GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~39 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M4 32GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~23 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M3 Pro 36GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~29 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~80 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~90 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
RTX 5090 32GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~262 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M4 Pro 48GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~53 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 48GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~107 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 48GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~120 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M1 Max 64GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~78 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M2 Max 64GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~78 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M3 Max 64GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~78 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M4 Max 64GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~107 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~107 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 64GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~120 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
DGX Spark 64GB (ASUS, Dell, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte)OllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~50 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~160 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Ultra 96GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~234 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M3 Max 128GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~78 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M4 Max 128GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~107 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 128GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~107 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 128GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~120 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
DGX Spark 128GB (NVIDIA, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte)OllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~50 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
M2 Ultra 192GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~156 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
2x Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF4.9 GBfits in fast memory~102 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~160 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (64c GPU) 256GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~234 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~234 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
2x DGX Spark 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF4.9 GBfits in fast memory~43 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
4x Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF4.9 GBfits in fast memory~90 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052,node3:50052,node4:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
2x Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF4.9 GBfits in fast memory~200 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 512GBOllamaQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~160 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
4x DGX Spark 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF4.9 GBfits in fast memory~38 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052,node3:50052,node4:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
4x Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF4.9 GBfits in fast memory~176 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052,node3:50052,node4:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node

Estimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-16.

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