Phi 3 Medium 14B needs ~15.2 GB VRAM. Quadro RTX 6000 24GB has 24.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~58 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
58.4 tok/s
TTFT
3317 ms
Safe context
62K
Memory
15.2 GB / 24.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
Older PCIe generation
PCIe 3.0 is workable, but it compounds the penalty when you offload heavily or try to scale across multiple cards.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | B | Runs well | 58.4 tok/s | 1809 ms | 62K |
| Coding | B | Runs well | 58.4 tok/s | 3317 ms | 62K |
| Agentic Coding | B | Runs well | 58.4 tok/s | 4825 ms | 62K |
| Reasoning | B | Runs well | 58.4 tok/s | 3920 ms | 62K |
| RAG | B | Runs well | 58.4 tok/s | 6031 ms | 62K |
How Phi 3 Medium 14B (14B params) fits at each quantization level on Quadro RTX 6000 24GB (24.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 5.5 GB | Low | B57 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 6.9 GB | Low | B58 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 7.8 GB | Medium | B58 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 8.5 GB | Medium | B59 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 10.1 GB | High | B60 |
Q6_K | 6 | 11.5 GB | High | B61 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 15.0 GB | Very High | B61 |
F16 | 16 | 28.7 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Copy-paste commands to run Phi 3 Medium 14B on your machine.
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ollama run phi3:mediumYes, Quadro RTX 6000 24GB can run Phi 3 Medium 14B with a B grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 58.4 tok/s.
Phi 3 Medium 14B (14B parameters) requires approximately 15.2 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 Quadro RTX 6000 24GB, Phi 3 Medium 14B achieves approximately 58.4 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 3317ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Phi 3 Medium 14B on Quadro RTX 6000 24GB receives a B grade with 58.4 tok/s and 62K context.
On Quadro RTX 6000 24GB, Phi 3 Medium 14B can safely use up to 62K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 128K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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