Can the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB run Phi-4?

Yes. Phi-4 fits the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB's 16 GB at Q4_K_M (about 10.3 GB needed), running at an estimated 22 tok/s. There's room for up to Q5_K_M if you want higher quality.

VRAM
16 GB
Needs at Q4
10.3 GB
Headroom
5.7 GB
Speed (Q4_K_M)
~22 tok/s

Every quantization

Phi-4 (14B) on 16 GB

QuantWeightsNeedsFitEst. speed
Q4_K_M8.5 GB10.3 GBFits~22 tok/s
Q5_K_M10.5 GB12.3 GBFits~18 tok/s
Q8_016 GB17.8 GBToo big -
FP1628 GB29.8 GBToo big -

Estimates. Needs = weights + 1.8 GB for KV cache and runtime at modest context. Speed is single-stream decode scaled from the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB's 322.3 GB/s bandwidth (Estimated from memory bandwidth (llama.cpp decode)). Long contexts need more memory and run slower.

Run it

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ollama run phi-4:14b
llama-server -hf microsoft/phi-4-gguf -ngl 99

Ollama pulls a Q4 build by default. Pick a larger quant only if the table above says it fits. Full Phi-4 details →

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Can the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB run Phi-4?

Yes. Phi-4 fits the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB's 16 GB at Q4_K_M (about 10.3 GB needed), running at an estimated 22 tok/s. There's room for up to Q5_K_M if you want higher quality.

How much VRAM does Phi-4 need?

About 8.5 GB of weights at Q4_K_M, 16 GB at Q8_0 and 28 GB at FP16. Add roughly 1.8 GB for the KV cache and runtime at modest context lengths.

How fast is Phi-4 on the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB?

Roughly 22 tokens per second at Q4_K_M (single user, llama.cpp-style decode). This is an estimate from the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB's 322.3 GB/s memory bandwidth.