Can I Run Phi-4 Mini on RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM)?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 4 lutego 2025

Yes — comfortably

Yes, comfortably — Phi-4 Mini (3.8B) at Q8_0 needs about 5.9 GB of the 24 GB usable on RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM), leaving ~18.1 GB spare and running at ~120.5 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 65,536 tokens of context.

Confidence: high · Recommended quantization: Q8_0 · Estimated speed: ~120.5 tok/s

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RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM) — what it gives a model

Usable memory for models24 GB
Memory bandwidth1008 GB/s
Form factorDesktop
Operating systemWindows or Linux
Memory upgradeableYes

Phi-4 Mini on RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM): memory by quantization

QuantMemory neededFits 24 GB?Max contextEst. speedDownload
F169.5 GB✓ Yes64K~76.9 tok/s7.6 GB
Q8_05.9 GB✓ Yes64K~120.5 tok/s4 GB
Q6_K5 GB✓ Yes64K~141.3 tok/s3.1 GB
Q5_K_M4.6 GB✓ Yes64K~153.4 tok/s2.7 GB
Q4_K_M4.2 GB✓ Yes64K~166.9 tok/s2.3 GB
Q3_K_M3.5 GB✓ Yes64K~196.1 tok/s1.6 GB
Q2_K3.1 GB✓ Yes64K~217 tok/s1.2 GB

RTX 4090 desktop limitations

Recommended setup

Ollama or llama.cpp (CUDA/ROCm) — vLLM if you need concurrent serving

How these numbers are calculated

FAQ

Can I run Phi-4 Mini on RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM)?

Yes, comfortably — Phi-4 Mini (3.8B) at Q8_0 needs about 5.9 GB of the 24 GB usable on RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM), leaving ~18.1 GB spare and running at ~120.5 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 65,536 tokens of context.

Which quantization of Phi-4 Mini should I use on RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM)?

Q8_0 — it needs about 5.9 GB of the 24 GB available, downloads as roughly 4 GB, and runs at an estimated 120.5 tokens/sec with up to 64K of context.

What limits Phi-4 Mini on RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM)?

Nothing binding — the model fits with headroom and generates at a usable speed on this hardware.

Which runtime should I use?

Ollama or llama.cpp (CUDA/ROCm) — vLLM if you need concurrent serving

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