can it run
Comfortably. 24GB of memory against a 12GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.
weights 9.1GB + KV cache 0.78GB at 4k context vs ~24GB usable → full. 9.9 GB needed of 24 GB usable — headroom for context
computed roofline: 1008 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 9.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.
| model file | 9.1GB (GGUF Q4_K_M) |
| minimum memory | 12GB working set |
| this machine | 24GB GDDR6X |
| params | 14B |
| license | mit |
| price | $2000 |
easy run: ollama pull phi4:14b
runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio
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→ rtx-5090 — the next step up from this machine's GPU
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