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GeForce RTX 4070 Super · 12GB GDDR6X

Can the GeForce RTX 4070 Super run Phi-4 (14B)?

Fits comfortably at Q4_K_M.

Phi-4 (14B) is 14.7B parameters. At Q4_K_M the weights are about 8.2 GiB; with the 1.5 GiB runtime reserve that is 9.7 GiB against the card's 12GB, leaving about 2.3 GiB for context.

All three quants

12GB card
QuantWeightsWith reserveVerdictHeadroom
Q4_K_Mthe everyday quant8.2 GiB9.7 GiBFits comfortably2.3 GiB
Q8_0near-lossless14.5 GiB16.0 GiBOnly with CPU offloadshort 4.0 GiB
FP16full weights27.4 GiB28.9 GiBDoes not fitshort 16.9 GiB

Verdict rules: fits comfortably when weights plus reserve sit within 85% of VRAM; tight when they fit with little left for context; CPU offload when they exceed VRAM by up to 2x (runs, slowly, with layers in system RAM); no beyond that. The KV cache per token depends on the model's architecture and is not modelled here.

Good match. Get the card.

The GeForce RTX 4070 Super clears Phi-4 (14B) at Q4_K_M. Live listings below; this page was rebuilt 2026-08-23.

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About the model

Phi-4 (14B) by Microsoft: 16,384-token native context, text, released 2024 under the MIT. Model card → · Hosted pricing on PicksByModel →

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