Phi
Microsoft's small model, good at maths and logic for its size.
FreeOpen sourceRuns on your PC
- Best for
- Maths and logic questions
- On your PC
- Some setup
- Works on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- License
- MIT
What’s good
- Fits a 12 GB card or 16 GB Mac
- MIT license, free for any use
Downsides
- Almost two years old, newer models beat it
- Short memory (16K tokens), weak on long files
- Text only, cannot read images
The details.
- Version
- Phi-4 14BReleased 2024-12
- Open source
- Yes, MIT
- Made by
- Microsoft
- Website
- huggingface.co
Should you use it?
It is #9 of 10. Good for maths and logic questions; for most people, Qwen is the better start.
Can I run it myself?
Yes. Some setup: download a model inside an app.
Use LM Studio, Ollama, Jan, llama.cpp.
- You need
- 12 GB graphics card or Mac with 16 GB memory
- Setup
- Some setupDownload a model inside an app
- Laptop, 8 GBToo small
- PC, 16 GB+Too small
- Mac, 16 GBRuns
- Mac, 32 GBRuns
- Mac, 64 GB+Runs
- PC, 8 GB GPUToo small
- PC, 12 GB GPURuns
- PC, 16 GB GPURuns
- PC, 24 GB GPURuns
- WorkstationRuns