Phi-4 on Apple M1 · 8GB

❌ Won't fit — 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) — more than your 2.9 GB usable of 8.0 GB unified. Try a smaller model or a lower quant.
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✗ Q8_016.8 GB—
✗ Q5_K_M11.9 GB—
✗ Q4_K_M10.5 GB—
✗ Q3_K_M8.9 GB—

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

Also runs on a Apple M1: DeepSeek-R1 (distill) · Qwen2.5 · Qwen3 · Llama 3.2 · Gemma 2

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