can it run
3.0 GB needed of 6 GB usable — headroom for context
~6GB usable · Apple M3 · model file 2.5GB · mini 3.8B
computed roofline: 100 GB/s × 0.80–1.00 efficiency window / 2.5GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points. Small models (under ~4.5B) run BELOW these bands — kernel-launch overhead keeps them from saturating bandwidth (measured against community medians, 09-06).
→ Tesla M60 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs PHI4 mini 3.8B fully ($35)
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