Phi 3 Medium 14B needs ~20.8 GB VRAM. NVIDIA A800 80GB has 80.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~190 tok/s.
Operating mode
Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.
Current mode
Balanced
Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.
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Fit status
Runs well
Decode
190.0 tok/s
TTFT
1019 ms
Safe context
128K
Memory
20.8 GB / 80.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
No major red flags
This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | B | Runs well | 190.0 tok/s | 556 ms | 128K |
| Coding | B | Runs well | 190.0 tok/s | 1019 ms | 128K |
| Agentic Coding | B | Runs well | 190.0 tok/s | 1482 ms | 128K |
| Reasoning | B | Runs well | 190.0 tok/s | 1204 ms | 128K |
| RAG | B | Runs well | 190.0 tok/s | 1853 ms | 128K |
How Phi 3 Medium 14B (14B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA A800 80GB (80.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 5.5 GB | Low | C51 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 6.9 GB | Low | C51 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 7.8 GB | Medium | C51 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 8.5 GB | Medium | C51 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 10.1 GB | High | C51 |
Q6_K | 6 | 11.5 GB | High | C51 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 15.0 GB | Very High | C52 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 28.7 GB | Maximum | C54 |
Copy-paste commands to run Phi 3 Medium 14B on your machine.
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ollama run phi3:mediumYes, NVIDIA A800 80GB can run Phi 3 Medium 14B with a B grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 190.0 tok/s.
Phi 3 Medium 14B (14B parameters) requires approximately 20.8 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Phi 3 Medium 14B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On NVIDIA A800 80GB, Phi 3 Medium 14B achieves approximately 190.0 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 1019ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Phi 3 Medium 14B on NVIDIA A800 80GB receives a B grade with 190.0 tok/s and 128K context.
On NVIDIA A800 80GB, Phi 3 Medium 14B can safely use up to 128K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 128K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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