Can I run Phi-4 14B on an RX 9060 XT 16GB?
Key facts
Yes. Phi-4 14B runs on an RX 9060 XT 16GB, about 23 tokens per second (tok/s).
It needs about 11.3 GB at standard quality (estimate). Checked . licence.
The cheapest graphics card on our list that holds it at Q4 is the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB. On an RX 9060 XT 16GB, at 16,384 tokens of context, it still fits in graphics memory (estimate).
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How much memory it needs
It uses about 73% of the memory that is free on this card.
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What an RX 9060 XT 16GB costs
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB$522€564new (cheapest in-stock board on GPU PRIX's German board list)
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Price details
$522€564
How we priced this
New (cheapest in-stock board on GPU PRIX's German board list).
Source: GPU PRIX, checked 17 Oct 2026.
An ASUS Prime at €563.90. A lower Amazon.de offer, an XFX Swift at €474.78, was also listed as in stock, but not on that board list; we did not use it.
Prices excl. shipping unless marked. Euro prices incl. VAT where the seller charges it. Dollar prices are converted from our euro prices without the 21% EU VAT, before US sales tax.
The cheapest graphics card on our list that also runs it (it still needs the rest of a PC): GeForce RTX 3060 12GB, $292€261, used (median of sold listings). Fast~27 tok/s
The cheapest complete machine that runs it: Budget PC with RTX 3060 12GB, about $1,310€1,361 (with a used graphics card). Fast~27 tok/s
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Phi-4 14B on other graphics cards
Runs well10
The whole model fits in the graphics memory.
More about the model itself, what it is good at and its licence: Phi-4 14B.
The numbers behind this answer
A model comes in several sizes. Q4 is the standard one most people use; the bigger ones answer a little better but need more memory. Each row adds up the model file, the memory a conversation takes, and some working space, and compares the total with what is free on this card.
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| Quality | Conversation | Result | Speed | Model file | Conversation memory | Working space | Total needed | Free memory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 · standard (smallest that keeps quality) | ~12 pages8,192 tokens | Runs | Fast~23 tok/s | 8.8 GB | 1.7 GB | 0.8 GB | 11.3 GB | 15.4 GB |
| Q5 · a bit sharper, a bit bigger | ~12 pages8,192 tokens | Runs | Comfortable~19.7 tok/s | 10.4 GB | 1.7 GB | 0.8 GB | 12.9 GB | 15.4 GB |
| Q8 · near full quality, almost twice Q4 | ~12 pages8,192 tokens | Doesn't fit | — | 15.7 GB | 1.7 GB | 0.8 GB | 18.2 GB | 15.4 GB |
| FP16 · full quality, over three times Q4 | ~12 pages8,192 tokens | Doesn't fit | — | 29.4 GB | 1.7 GB | 0.8 GB | 31.9 GB | 15.4 GB |
| Q4 · standard, longer conversation | ~25 pages16,384 tokens | Runs | Comfortable~19.6 tok/s | 8.8 GB | 3.4 GB | 0.8 GB | 13.0 GB | 15.4 GB |
Sources and method
Memory and speed on this page are our estimate, not a measured test. Checked . licence.
Architecture figures are an estimate. No config was fetched, so the memory figure can be slightly off.
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Questions
- Can I run Phi-4 14B on an RX 9060 XT 16GB?
- Yes. Phi-4 14B runs on an RX 9060 XT 16GB, about 23 tokens per second (tok/s).
- How much memory does Phi-4 14B need?
- About 11.3 GB at the standard quality (Q4) for a conversation of up to about 12 pages of text (8,192 tokens), by our estimate: 8.8 GB for the model file (estimated), 1.7 GB to hold the conversation and 0.8 GB of working space.
- How fast is Phi-4 14B on an RX 9060 XT 16GB?
- Fast: about 23 tokens per second (tok/s). Answers appear faster than you can read them. This is our estimate, not a measured test.
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