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Can the RTX 5090 (32GB) run phi4 14B?

YES

Comfortably. 32GB of memory against a 12GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.

~110–160 tok/s

weights 9.1GB + KV cache 0.78GB at 4k context vs ~32GB usable → full. 9.9 GB needed of 32 GB usable — headroom for context

computed roofline: 1792 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 9.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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Specs

model file9.1GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory12GB working set
this machine32GB GDDR7
params14B
licensemit
price$5000

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: ollama pull phi4:14b

runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio

Alternatives

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RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96GB) — upgrade path machine

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