Can I Run Phi-4 Family on Apple M1?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~7.5 GB of headroom running Phi-4 (14B) at Q4_K_M (8.4525 GB, ~4 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

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Apple Mac mini M1 (16GB)
16 GB VRAM · 20 W board power
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Apple M1 Specs

VRAM16 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth68 GB/s

Phi-4 (14B) on the Apple M1: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 16 GB?Max context
F1629.6 GB✗ No
Q8_016.5 GB✗ No
Q6_K13.1 GB✓ Yes16K
Q5_K_M11.6 GB✓ Yes16K
Q4_K_M10.1 GB✓ Yes16K
Q3_K_M7.6 GB✓ Yes16K
Q2_K6.2 GB✓ Yes16K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 16 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Phi-4 Family Sizes That Fit the Apple M1

Phi-4 (14B)Q4_K_M · 8.4525 GB · ~4 tok/s (est.)
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~$999
Apple M1 · MSRP
Rent by the hour
from $0.34/hr
RTX 4090 (24 GB) class

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FAQ

Is the Apple M1 enough to run Phi-4 Family locally?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~7.5 GB of headroom running Phi-4 (14B) at Q4_K_M (8.4525 GB, ~4 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

What's the best Phi-4 Family size for the Apple M1?

Phi-4 (14B) at Q4_K_M quantization (8.4525 GB), estimated ~4 tokens/sec, up to 16K context.

Phi-4 Family on Other GPUs

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