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Can I run Phi-4-reasoning on Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM)?
No. Phi-4-reasoning needs ~10.1 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) only has ~8.5 GB usable.
Needs ~10.1 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~8.5 GB is usable.
That figure is at a 4k context and moves about ±15% as context length changes.
The gap is about 1.6 GB: Phi-4-reasoning needs roughly 10.1 GB at Q4_K_M and Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) leaves only about 8.5 GB usable for a model. The lightest tracked hardware that runs Phi-4-reasoning is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) at 12 GB. See Phi-4-reasoning on Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB).
- Q4_K_M needed
- ~10.1 GB
- Usable on device
- ~8.5 GB
- Device memory
- 12 GB
Which quant fits
How to run it
On Android use PocketPal AI (Polished app, download GGUF and run offline.).
- Parameters
- 14B
- Q4_K_M size
- 8.43 GB
- Q8_0 size
- 14.51 GB
- Context
- 32k
- Ollama tag
- phi4-reasoning:14b
- Memory
- 12 GB ram
- Usable for weights
- ~8.5 GB
- Best runtime
- llama.cpp (PocketPal) or MLC-LLM
What you can run instead
Run Phi-4-reasoning on other hardware
FAQ
Can Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) run Phi-4-reasoning?
No. Phi-4-reasoning needs ~10.1 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) only has ~8.5 GB usable.
How much memory does Phi-4-reasoning need?
Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~8.43 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~10.1 GB at a 4k context.
What is the best tool to run Phi-4-reasoning 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-reasoning-GGUF
- huggingface.co/microsoft
- layla-network.ai
- ollama.com/library/llama3.1:8b
- ollama.com/library/phi4-reasoning
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.