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Can I run this LLM?

Can a Mac Studio M3 Ultra (512GB) run Phi-4 14B?

Phi · MIT · estimated for a 512.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: Phi-4 14B at FP16 · 29.3 GB · 17–25 tok/s on a Mac Studio M3 Ultra (512GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K5.6 GB57–86 tok/sRuns great
Q3_K_M7.2 GB49–74 tok/sRuns great
Q4_K_M8.9 GB43–64 tok/sRuns great
Q5_K_M10.4 GB38–57 tok/sRuns great
Q6_K12.0 GB34–52 tok/sRuns great
Q8_015.6 GB28–42 tok/sRuns great
FP1629.3 GB17–25 tok/sRuns great

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