Phi-4 on Apple M2 Pro · 32GB

✅ Runs (tight) — Phi-4 14B @ Q8_0
Phi-4 14B at Q8_0 needs ~16.8 GB (weights 14.5 GB + KV 1.6 GB + overhead 743 MB @ 8K ctx) of your 18.4 GB usable (of 32.0 GB unified memory) — fits, but little headroom — close other apps or trim context. Expect ~6–10 tok/s (usable).
context @ Q8_0: runs to its full 16K
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✓ Q8_016.8 GB~6–10 tok/s (usable)
✓ Q5_K_M11.9 GB~9–15 tok/s (usable)
✓ Q4_K_M10.5 GB~11–18 tok/s (usable)
✓ Q3_K_M8.9 GB~12–20 tok/s (usable)
$runlocal install phi4:14b
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Phi-4: Runs (tight)
for your own README — links back here

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

Also runs on a Apple M2 Pro: DeepSeek-R1 (distill) · Mistral Small 3 · Qwen3 · Llama 3.1 · Qwen2.5

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