Overview
Phi-4 is Microsoft's compact model that punches above its weight class. At just 14B parameters, it delivers performance comparable to much larger models, making it ideal for resource-constrained environments and edge deployment.
Parameters
14B
Context
16K tokens
VRAM
~10GB
License
MIT
✅Strengths
- ✓Exceptional performance per parameter
- ✓Runs on modest hardware (16GB RAM)
- ✓Strong reasoning for its size
- ✓Permissive MIT license
- ✓Fast inference times
⚠️Weaknesses
- ✗Smaller context window (16K)
- ✗Less capable on complex tasks than 70B+ models
- ✗No vision capabilities
- ✗Requires local hardware
Best Use Cases
💻 Laptops
Mobile AI assistant
📱 Edge Devices
IoT, embedded
💬 Chatbots
Customer support
📧 Email
Drafting, sorting
🔍 Search
Query understanding
🎓 Learning
AI education
Ollama Command
ollama run phi4