Can the NVIDIA RTX 4060 run Phi-4 14B?

Yes, with heavy quantization
QuantQ2_KHeavily degraded
Memory7.8 GBof 8 GB
Speed~30tokens/s

Only just. Phi-4 14B fits on the NVIDIA RTX 4060 at Q2_K, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 30 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality31.7 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless17.9 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent14.3 GBToo big—
Q5_K_MVery good12.7 GBToo big—
Q4_K_MGood, most popular11.2 GBToo big—
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded9.5 GBToo big—
Q2_KHeavily degraded7.8 GBFits~30 tok/s

How to run Phi-4 14B on the NVIDIA RTX 4060

Ollama's default phi4:14b download is Q4_K_M, which needs about 11.2 GB, more than the 8 GB available. Download the Q2_K GGUF instead (LM Studio lists quants per model), or try a smaller context length.

GPUs that run Phi-4 14B comfortably

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Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX 4060