Phi-4 on Apple M1 Pro · 16GB

🐢 CPU-only (slow) — Phi-4 14B @ Q5_K_M
Phi-4 14B at Q5_K_M needs ~11.9 GB (weights 9.9 GB + KV 1.6 GB + overhead 512 MB @ 8K ctx) of your 8.2 GB usable (of 16.0 GB unified memory) — runs on CPU only. Expect ~1–2 tok/s (slow).
context @ Q5_K_M: runs to its full 16K
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✗ Q8_016.8 GB—
~ Q5_K_M11.9 GB~1–2 tok/s (slow)
~ Q4_K_M10.5 GB~1–2 tok/s (slow)
~ Q3_K_M8.9 GB~1–2 tok/s (slow)
$runlocal install phi4:14b
runlocal verdict card
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Phi-4: CPU-only (slow)
for your own README — links back here

Same model, other machines: Apple M1 · Apple M2 · Apple M3 Pro · Apple M2 Pro · Apple M4 Pro · Apple M3 Max

Also runs on a Apple M1 Pro: DeepSeek-R1 (distill) · Qwen3 · Llama 3.1 · Qwen2.5 · Mistral 7B

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