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Can I run Phi-4-mini 3.8B on Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM)?
Yes. Phi-4-mini 3.8B runs on Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) at Q4_K_M (~3.8 GB of ~8.5 GB usable).
Runs at Q4_K_M using ~3.8 GB of ~8.5 GB usable. You have room for Q8_0 for higher quality.
That figure is at a 4k context and moves about ±15% as context length changes. Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) leaves ~4.7 GB of headroom, room to step up to Q8_0 for higher quality.
- Q4_K_M needed
- ~3.8 GB
- Usable on device
- ~8.5 GB
- Device memory
- 12 GB
- Best quant
- Q4_K_M
Which quant fits
How to run it
On Android use PocketPal AI (Polished app, download GGUF and run offline.).
- Parameters
- 3.8B
- Q4_K_M size
- 2.49 GB
- Q8_0 size
- 4.08 GB
- Context
- 128k
- Ollama tag
- phi4-mini:3.8b
- Memory
- 12 GB ram
- Usable for weights
- ~8.5 GB
- Best runtime
- llama.cpp (PocketPal) or MLC-LLM
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FAQ
Can Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) run Phi-4-mini 3.8B?
Yes. Phi-4-mini 3.8B runs on Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) at Q4_K_M (~3.8 GB of ~8.5 GB usable).
How much memory does Phi-4-mini 3.8B need?
Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) has room to spare. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~2.49 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~3.8 GB at a 4k context.
What is the best tool to run Phi-4-mini 3.8B on Android?
On Android, PocketPal AI (Polished app, download GGUF and run offline.) is the go-to option. NPU acceleration is limited and chip-specific; most apps run on CPU. Expect 1B-4B class.
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- github.com/a-ghorbani
- github.com/google-ai-edge
- github.com/mlc-ai
- github.com/shubham0204
- github.com/Vali-98
- huggingface.co/bartowski/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-GGUF
- huggingface.co/bartowski/microsoft_Phi-4-mini-instruct-GGUF
- layla-network.ai
- ollama.com/library/llama3.1:8b
- ollama.com/library/phi4-mini
- ollama.com/library/phi4-mini/tags
Weights are measured from GGUF files; KV cache and overhead are computed, so totals can vary ~15% with context and runtime. Any tok/s is a bandwidth estimate. See methodology.