Can I Run Phi-4 Family on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 6 stycznia 2025

No — Phi-4 Family doesn't fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB's 8 GB. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (12 GB).

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB Specs

VRAM8 GB
Memory Bandwidth448 GB/s

Phi-4 (14B) on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 8 GB?Max context
F1629.6 GB✗ No
Q8_016.5 GB✗ No
Q6_K13.1 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M11.6 GB✗ No
Q4_K_M10.1 GB✗ No
Q3_K_M7.6 GB✓ Yes4K
Q2_K6.2 GB✓ Yes8K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 8 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Why It Does Not Fit

Every Phi-4 Family variant requires more VRAM than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB provides (8 GB).

Nearest GPU That Fits

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (12 GB VRAM).

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FAQ

Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB enough to run Phi-4 Family locally?

No — Phi-4 Family doesn't fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB's 8 GB. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (12 GB).

What's the cheapest GPU that runs Phi-4 Family?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (12 GB VRAM) is the cheapest upgrade that fits it.

Phi-4 Family on Other GPUs

Popular Models on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB

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