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Can the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell run Phi-4 14B?

RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell × Phi-4 14B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at FP1631.7 GB of 96 GB
Weights 29.4 GBKV cache 1.7 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantFP16Full quality
Speed~37tokens per second
Max context16Kthe model's full window
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell can run Phi-4 14B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 31.7 GB of the 96 GB available, at roughly 37 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Phi-4 14B:

ollama run phi4:14b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 11.2 GB here). You have room for FP16, which is full quality: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 96 GB the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality31.7 GBFits~37 tok/s
Q8_0Near-lossless17.9 GBFits~69 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent14.3 GBFits~89 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good12.7 GBFits~103 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular11.2 GBFits~121 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded9.5 GBFits~150 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded7.8 GBFits~195 tok/s

Measured speed from real RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, next to our estimate.

No one has measured Phi-4 14B on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell? Add your real speed

One command times Phi-4 14B in your own Ollama, shows you exactly what it would send, and asks before sending anything. No sign-up, no personal data.

macOS and Linux

curl -fsSL https://gpufit.dev/bench.sh | sh -s -- phi4:14b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="phi4:14b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Phi-4 14B comfortably

Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell

Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell run Phi-4 14B?

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell can run Phi-4 14B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 31.7 GB of the 96 GB available, at roughly 37 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Phi-4 14B need?

About 11.2 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 31.7 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Phi-4 14B on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell?

Roughly 37 tokens per second at FP16, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell's 1792 GB/s memory bandwidth.