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Phi-4 Mini 3.8B

Microsoft's compact 3.8B model with a 128K context and native function calling.

Phi-4 Mini 3.8B is an open-weight text model built by Microsoft. It takes a text prompt and replies with generated text. It runs entirely on your own hardware through Ollama: no API key and no per-use fees.

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Modality
Text
Available on
Ollama
Model ID
ollama:phi4-mini:3.8b
Supported OS
macOSWindowsLinux
Minimum machine configuration
8 GB RAM · 128K ctx · text · CPU/GPU
Download size · ~2.5 GB
Specs
Pricing
Free, runs on your hardware
About the creator

Microsoft

Microsoft Research builds the open-weight Phi family of small language models — efficient, reasoning-focused models that punch above their parameter count.

azure.microsoft.com/products/phi ↗
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