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Hardware guide · Phi-4

What hardware do you need to run Phi-4-reasoning?

Phi-4-reasoning needs about 10.1 GB to run at Q4_K_M, so the lightest hardware that runs it is Apple M2 (16GB). 29 of 40 devices tested can run it.

Needs (Q4_K_M)
~10.1 GB
Devices that run it
29
Too small
11
Lightest that runs it
~10.5 GB
Recommended Q4_K_M

Runs at Q4_K_M using ~10.1 GB of ~12 GB usable.

What kind of hardware runs Phi-4-reasoning

Of the 29 devices that run it, here is the split by hardware class.

9 discrete GPUs 13 Macs 2 laptops 5 phones

Hardware that runs Phi-4-reasoning

Ranked by usable memory, lightest first. Prices are approximate street prices for the device itself (a GPU is the card alone; a Mac is the whole machine). Tok/s is a bandwidth estimate; see methodology.

Compatible devices 29 total

See the full Phi-4-reasoning memory breakdown, or compare it against other models.

Sources

Memory at Q4_K_M (10.1 GB = 8.43 GB weights + KV cache + overhead), validated 2026-08-03. See methodology.