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Phi-4 Mini

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Parameters
3.8B
Context
128k
License
mit
Developer
Microsoft
Origin
🇺🇸 USA
Released
Feb 2025

Scores

Coding
55
Reasoning
58
General
52

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Per-quant memory needs and a static "can you run it?" reference - no rig entry required

Q4_K_M
2.5GB 2.5GB min 3.0GB rec
Balanced - the usual local sweet spot
Q8_0
4.1GB 4.1GB min 5.0GB rec
Near-lossless

The reference hardware

Schematic of the 4x H100 80GB (320GB) reference rig - 320GB VRAM, 13400 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the NVIDIA DGX Station 748GB reference rig - 748GB unified memory, 8000 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the 8x RTX 3090 rack (192GB) reference rig - 192GB VRAM, 7489 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the 4x RTX 5090 (128GB) reference rig - 128GB VRAM, 7168 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the AMD Instinct MI300X (192GB) reference rig - 192GB VRAM, 5324 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the 4x RTX 4090 (96GB) reference rig - 96GB VRAM, 4032 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the 2x RTX 5090 (64GB) reference rig - 64GB VRAM, 3584 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the 2x RTX 3090 (48GB) reference rig - 48GB VRAM, 1872 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the Single RTX 5090 (32GB) reference rig - 32GB VRAM, 1792 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96GB) reference rig - 96GB VRAM, 1792 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the Mac Studio M4 Ultra 192GB reference rig - 192GB unified memory, 1092 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the Mac Studio M4 Ultra 512GB reference rig - 512GB unified memory, 1092 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the Single RTX 4090 (24GB) reference rig - 24GB VRAM, 1008 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB reference rig - 128GB unified memory, 614 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the Single GTX 1080 Ti (11GB) reference rig - 11GB VRAM, 484 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the Dual EPYC 9004 + 768GB DDR5-4800 reference rig - 768GB unified memory, 460 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the DGX Spark 128GB unified reference rig - 128GB unified memory, 273 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB reference rig - 128GB unified memory, 256 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the Jetson AGX Orin 64GB reference rig - 64GB unified memory, 204 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the Epyc + 512GB DDR4-3200 + 2x RTX 3090 reference rig - 560GB unified memory, 204 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the Epyc + 512GB DDR4-2400 + 2x RTX 3090 reference rig - 560GB unified memory, 153 GB/s aggregate bandwidth
Schematic of the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB reference rig - 16GB unified memory, 102 GB/s aggregate bandwidth

22 reference configs, drawn in-house. Scroll for more.

Can you run it? - reference rigs

Rig Q4_K_M Q8_0
4x H100 80GB (320GB) fast 2947.1t/s fast 1797.2t/s
NVIDIA DGX Station 748GB fast 1759.4t/s fast 1073.0t/s
8x RTX 3090 rack (192GB) fast 1647.2t/s fast 1004.5t/s
4x RTX 5090 (128GB) fast 1576.5t/s fast 961.4t/s
AMD Instinct MI300X (192GB) fast 1171.1t/s fast 714.2t/s
4x RTX 4090 (96GB) fast 886.8t/s fast 540.8t/s
2x RTX 5090 (64GB) fast 788.2t/s fast 480.7t/s
2x RTX 3090 (48GB) fast 411.8t/s fast 251.1t/s
Single RTX 5090 (32GB) fast 394.1t/s fast 240.3t/s
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96GB) fast 394.1t/s fast 240.3t/s
Mac Studio M4 Ultra 192GB fast 262.0t/s fast 159.8t/s
Mac Studio M4 Ultra 512GB fast 262.0t/s fast 159.8t/s
Single RTX 4090 (24GB) fast 221.7t/s fast 135.2t/s
MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB fast 147.3t/s fast 89.8t/s
Single GTX 1080 Ti (11GB) fast 106.5t/s fast 64.9t/s
Dual EPYC 9004 + 768GB DDR5-4800 fast 101.3t/s fast 61.8t/s
DGX Spark 128GB unified fast 60.0t/s fast 36.6t/s
Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB fast 56.3t/s fast 34.3t/s
Jetson AGX Orin 64GB fast 45.0t/s fast 27.5t/s
Epyc + 512GB DDR4-3200 + 2x RTX 3090 fast 45.0t/s fast 27.5t/s
Epyc + 512GB DDR4-2400 + 2x RTX 3090 fast 33.8t/s fast 20.6t/s
NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB fast 22.5t/s ok 13.7t/s

Fit tiers use the same will-it-run logic as the rig finder. For comfortable fits, the badge reflects decode speed: fast >=20 t/s, ok 8-20 t/s, slow <8 t/s. t/s is a bandwidth estimate, not a measured benchmark.

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Q4_K_M official -5% vs fp16
2.5GB dl 2.5GB min 3.0GB rec
REC RAM vs largest quant
Q8_0 official -1% vs fp16
4.1GB dl 4.1GB min 5.0GB rec
REC RAM vs largest quant

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