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Microsoft Phi-4

MIT-licensed 14-billion-parameter small language model built for low-latency reasoning tasks.

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Overview

Phi-4 is a 14-billion-parameter open-weight model released under the MIT licence and trained on a mix of synthetic, filtered public and academic data with an emphasis on reasoning quality. Its size makes it a practical candidate for local deployment on workstation-class hardware.

Typical use cases

  • Local reasoning assistants
  • Private summarisation
  • Structured extraction

Deployment environment

Workstation, edge server or capable AI PC

Key specifications

Parameters
14 billion
Licence
MIT
Design goal
Low-latency scenarios with strong reasoning quality
Training data
Synthetic, filtered public and academic sources

Specifications taken from current manufacturer documentation and last checked on 2026-09-08.

Source: manufacturer documentation

Specifications are summarised from publicly published manufacturer material and are provided for orientation only. Always confirm current figures directly with the manufacturer before purchasing or designing in.

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