Can I Run Phi 3.5 Family on RTX 4060 Laptop (8 GB VRAM, 16 GB RAM)?

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作者: Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新: 2024年8月20日

Yes — comfortably

Yes, comfortably — Phi 3.5 Mini at Q8_0 needs about 5.6 GB of the 8 GB usable on RTX 4060 Laptop (8 GB VRAM, 16 GB RAM), leaving ~2.4 GB spare and running at ~41.6 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 16,384 tokens of context.

Confidence: high · Recommended quantization: Q8_0 · Estimated speed: ~41.6 tok/s

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RTX 4060 Laptop (8 GB VRAM, 16 GB RAM) — what it gives a model

Usable memory for models8 GB
Memory bandwidth272 GB/s
Form factorLaptop
Operating systemWindows or Linux
Memory upgradeableYes
Price$1,099 (lib/data/laptops.ts (street price), checked 2026-07-06)

Phi 3.5 Family on RTX 4060 Laptop (8 GB VRAM, 16 GB RAM): memory by quantization

QuantMemory neededFits 8 GB?Max contextEst. speedDownload
F169.2 GB✗ No7.6 GB
Q8_05.6 GB✓ Yes16K~41.6 tok/s4 GB
Q6_K4.7 GB✓ Yes32K~51.3 tok/s3.1 GB
Q5_K_M4.3 GB✓ Yes32K~57.4 tok/s2.7 GB
Q4_K_M3.9 GB✓ Yes32K~64.7 tok/s2.3 GB
Q3_K_M3.2 GB✓ Yes32K~82.2 tok/s1.6 GB
Q2_K2.9 GB✓ Yes32K~96.7 tok/s1.2 GB

RTX 4060 laptop 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 3.5 Family on RTX 4060 Laptop (8 GB VRAM, 16 GB RAM)?

Yes, comfortably — Phi 3.5 Mini at Q8_0 needs about 5.6 GB of the 8 GB usable on RTX 4060 Laptop (8 GB VRAM, 16 GB RAM), leaving ~2.4 GB spare and running at ~41.6 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 16,384 tokens of context.

Which quantization of Phi 3.5 Family should I use on RTX 4060 Laptop (8 GB VRAM, 16 GB RAM)?

Q8_0 — it needs about 5.6 GB of the 8 GB available, downloads as roughly 4 GB, and runs at an estimated 41.6 tokens/sec with up to 16K of context.

What limits Phi 3.5 Family on RTX 4060 Laptop (8 GB VRAM, 16 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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