alt.freeweights.phi / Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF
From: bartowski <huggingface.co/bartowski>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.phiSubject:

Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: e1447f6Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Text generation model. Gguf weights, 57.1 GB in all. Published by bartowski under MIT.

phi57.1GBPhi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUFggufpermissive
FactsParamsnot statedSize57.1 GBFormatsggufTasktext generationLicenseMITFrom sourcepermissive
$ fw get bartowski/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF
# manifest sha256 0d54121e16e8… · 57.1 GB · 26 files
$ fw verify ./Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF bartowski/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF
From sourceHosted (signed)bartowski/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUFLast check: 2026-11-15 02:44 UTC

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Overview

Size
57.1 GB
Weights
842 MB (smallest of 23 GGUF variants)
Parameters
not stated
Formats
gguf
Task
text generation
License
MIT (permissive)
Files
26, each with a sha256
Publisher
bartowski
Added
2026-11-15
Section
alt.freeweights.phi
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Llamacpp imatrix Quantizations of Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct#

Using llama.cpp commit ffe6665 for quantization.

Original model: https://huggingface.co/microsoft/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct

All quants made using imatrix option with dataset provided by Kalomaze here

Prompt format#

<s><|user|> 
{system_prompt}<|end|> 
<|assistant|> 
<|user|> 
{prompt}<|end|> 
<|assistant|> 

Download a file (not the whole branch) from below:#

FilenameQuant typeFile SizeDescription
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q8_0.ggufQ8_04.06GBExtremely high quality, generally unneeded but max available quant.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q6_K.ggufQ6_K3.13GBVery high quality, near perfect, recommended.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q5_K_M.ggufQ5_K_M2.81GBHigh quality, recommended.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q5_K_S.ggufQ5_K_S2.64GBHigh quality, recommended.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q4_K_M.ggufQ4_K_M2.39GBGood quality, uses about 4.83 bits per weight, recommended.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q4_K_S.ggufQ4_K_S2.18GBSlightly lower quality with more space savings, recommended.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ4_NL.ggufIQ4_NL2.17GBDecent quality, slightly smaller than Q4_K_S with similar performance recommended.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ4_XS.ggufIQ4_XS2.05GBDecent quality, smaller than Q4_K_S with similar performance, recommended.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q3_K_L.ggufQ3_K_L2.08GBLower quality but usable, good for low RAM availability.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q3_K_M.ggufQ3_K_M1.95GBEven lower quality.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ3_M.ggufIQ3_M1.85GBMedium-low quality, new method with decent performance comparable to Q3_K_M.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ3_S.ggufIQ3_S1.68GBLower quality, new method with decent performance, recommended over Q3_K_S quant, same size with better performance.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q3_K_S.ggufQ3_K_S1.68GBLow quality, not recommended.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ3_XS.ggufIQ3_XS1.62GBLower quality, new method with decent performance, slightly better than Q3_K_S.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ3_XXS.ggufIQ3_XXS1.51GBLower quality, new method with decent performance, comparable to Q3 quants.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q2_K.ggufQ2_K1.41GBVery low quality but surprisingly usable.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ2_M.ggufIQ2_M1.31GBVery low quality, uses SOTA techniques to also be surprisingly usable.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ2_S.ggufIQ2_S1.21GBVery low quality, uses SOTA techniques to be usable.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ2_XS.ggufIQ2_XS1.15GBVery low quality, uses SOTA techniques to be usable.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ2_XXS.ggufIQ2_XXS1.04GBLower quality, uses SOTA techniques to be usable.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ1_M.ggufIQ1_M.91GBExtremely low quality, not recommended.
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ1_S.ggufIQ1_S.84GBExtremely low quality, not recommended.

Which file should I choose?#

A great write up with charts showing various performances is provided by Artefact2 here

The first thing to figure out is how big a model you can run. To do this, you'll need to figure out how much RAM and/or VRAM you have.

If you want your model running as FAST as possible, you'll want to fit the whole thing on your GPU's VRAM. Aim for a quant with a file size 1-2GB smaller than your GPU's total VRAM.

If you want the absolute maximum quality, add both your system RAM and your GPU's VRAM together, then similarly grab a quant with a file size 1-2GB Smaller than that total.

Next, you'll need to decide if you want to use an 'I-quant' or a 'K-quant'.

If you don't want to think too much, grab one of the K-quants. These are in format 'QX_K_X', like Q5_K_M.

If you want to get more into the weeds, you can check out this extremely useful feature chart:

llama.cpp feature matrix

But basically, if you're aiming for below Q4, and you're running cuBLAS (Nvidia) or rocBLAS (AMD), you should look towards the I-quants. These are in format IQX_X, like IQ3_M. These are newer and offer better performance for their size.

These I-quants can also be used on CPU and Apple Metal, but will be slower than their K-quant equivalent, so speed vs performance is a tradeoff you'll have to decide.

The I-quants are not compatible with Vulcan, which is also AMD, so if you have an AMD card double check if you're using the rocBLAS build or the Vulcan build. At the time of writing this, LM Studio has a preview with ROCm support, and other inference engines have specific builds for ROCm.

Want to support my work? Visit my ko-fi page here: https://ko-fi.com/bartowski

Files

26 files · 57.1 GBWeights 842 MB (smallest of 23 GGUF variants). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
Show all 26 files with their sha256
FileSizesha256
.gitattributes3.21 KBe0f0a3de24bdf8d8b51ad84e7049d78aff8743b9fecbe49b666202437a00e1d5
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ1_M.gguf917 MB557c0fbf7c26eb21ea90ffd8c632c1c14e7adc138a9ebe27bd45591c60917137
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ1_S.gguf842 MB759c51b8f3d5cda2ad3b837c6226ead7253575e5dbc240c2099b90b1227bf9ba
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ2_M.gguf1.32 GBb70137825cfa42b3989dd702b0075487456af79013ecdcffdefb3b7b3628bb60
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ2_S.gguf1.22 GBa85015320990c781fec3cd97e2ece05f733a44a1f7080e1e4e9437b617f0bf20
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ2_XS.gguf1.15 GB795a96bf292be167f968d67c27d762cc73ea7795a8fdb3bada69fb4b4ae18c8f
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ2_XXS.gguf1.04 GB51e18a51b7892a057e44742f1dc4da8fbd71567c71d1ab102f4d23b1f33ada53
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ3_M.gguf1.86 GB246d521f09403c795eb0cc671bc4896e4a5bc98f418e6534a16fe030a9248739
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ3_S.gguf1.68 GBc4ba3323c0dab07ff1b06afa7a1d6425f24641432b7cc76c54bee70ebf99b95f
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ3_XS.gguf1.63 GB5cfe11a093ae14d266d62d6b61e8282db16bab02e9c542b85ef802b0831b686e
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ3_XXS.gguf1.51 GB32d55f2ccdbee8add38db4f836fdc3118e97abaf22089e23f371fef9ca4dfe63
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ4_NL.gguf2.18 GBfd02d9edfef4f59974214e7b69ee3288c543a1ab183d1bf092078976c99a0a01
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ4_XS.gguf2.06 GB61a8b7c8c508945a01405cc4a21f3eb056ce65519529549aa11802ea50dd747f
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q2_K.gguf1.42 GB72237d1e7c56abc777a2f4d1482f3eff4bcfc156566f226749bc47baa9608285
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q3_K_L.gguf2.09 GBb886ff24761a0c626645b21f046615f319adb5b3a6c38c2172bcffcaa5aec902
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q3_K_M.gguf1.96 GBf8ace4cc331fd823d34f7f1ca064f2a85b0fcb4aa4b47b2955b772e46c1f98a4
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q3_K_S.gguf1.68 GBb1375a4c96851054d32af8eb071a3b3707b1f3276c6d3e9530620542cd10b13e
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q4_K_M.gguf2.39 GB28a89b4ddb5766355f24e362ae4078b4c35b9ca9568df5fc9e6d9aeee4dee834
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q4_K_S.gguf2.19 GBb408899adac5f56519e754901ad8fabbc0d77c62a24aa1abc0c608278cc3cc93
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q5_K_M.gguf2.82 GB70994e18048c98ce7d30616706ecdecfefee86667e6db1b5bb4d01c8c99543f0
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q5_K_S.gguf2.64 GBc5797f7b13b7f2deb4b6a283077c66c20ee40577e58bf414e055af913dd2d53d
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q6_K.gguf3.14 GB597a483b0e56360cb488d3f8a5ec0fd2c3a3eb44da7bb69020b79ba7c1f6ce85
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-Q8_0.gguf4.06 GB0ac8ee48aeebf7d1b354691fd1e29e91c32ad88bbad10ad45ac880dcd4372a47
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-fp32.gguf15.3 GB6a09f093145febeecda12640d472e8c89094371cd0efbe8386de0fdf5f2dcb04
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct.imatrix2.23 MB653f155c213fd3807d90c0bfae4869a58e47c8d52bdf1795ebccc0d82088878b
README.md7.88 KB460a5f289160336250fc015d5aab253492edcb6c0eb8f82ed99a7a016ba846db
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
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e1447f6da0 pinned now2026-11-15 02:44 UTC26 files · 57.1 GB

Use it

$ fw get bartowski/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF
# manifest sha256 0d54121e16e8… · 57.1 GB · 26 files
$ fw verify ./Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF bartowski/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/bartowski/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF.json --dir ./Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF $ python3 fw.py verify ./Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF ./bartowski__Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download bartowski/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF --revision e1447f6da0be91f91683c5d19f938d4f51122d88 --local-dir ./Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF
llama.cppDownload one GGUF variant (Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ1_S, 842 MB), then serve it.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download bartowski/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF --include "Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ1_S*" --local-dir ./Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF $ llama-server -m ./Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ1_S.gguf
OllamaMake an Ollama model from the downloaded file.
$ printf 'FROM ./Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-IQ1_S.gguf\n' > Modelfile $ ollama create phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-gguf -f Modelfile

License

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Provenance

From: bartowski <huggingface.co/bartowski>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.phiSubject: Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUFDate: 2026-11-15Commit: e1447f6Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
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bartowski/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF
Pinned commit
e1447f6da0be91f91683c5d19f938d4f51122d88
Manifest
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
0d54121e16e8ef1b78c68393edbe6f233afe1bf96ac9a67e1022d5cdb7d691be
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 02:44 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

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minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-GGUF.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
From: BAAI <huggingface.co/BAAI>Subject: bunny-phi-2-siglip-lora
From: microsoft <huggingface.co/microsoft>Subject: MediPhi
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From: microsoft <huggingface.co/microsoft>Subject: MediPhi-Guidelines
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