Phi-4 on Apple M3 Pro · 18GB

✅ Runs (tight) — Phi-4 14B @ Q3_K_M
Phi-4 14B at Q3_K_M needs ~8.9 GB (weights 6.9 GB + KV 1.6 GB + overhead 512 MB @ 8K ctx) of your 9.1 GB usable (of 18.0 GB unified memory) — fits, but little headroom — close other apps or trim context. Expect ~9–15 tok/s (usable).
context @ Q3_K_M: runs to its full 16K
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✗ Q8_016.8 GB—
~ Q5_K_M11.9 GB~0.9–1 tok/s (slow)
~ Q4_K_M10.5 GB~1–2 tok/s (slow)
✓ Q3_K_M8.9 GB~9–15 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 M2 Pro · Apple M4 Pro · Apple M3 Max

Also runs on a Apple M3 Pro: DeepSeek-R1 (distill) · Qwen2.5 · Mistral 7B · Qwen3 · Llama 3.1

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