Microsoft · In Core AI since 20 Aug 2026
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct
Core AI
Text mit
A 3.8B parameter text generation model from Microsoft, with Apple Core AI export recipes for macOS.
- Parameters
- 3.8B From Hugging Face
- Compression
- 4-bit Apple’s preset
- Memory needed
- 5 GB Estimate from parameters
- Context
- 4K tokens Fixed at export
- Precision
- FP16 Compute precision
- Platforms
- macOS Mac
- Export presets
- 1 In Apple’s registry
- Listed by Apple
- 20 Aug 2026 First registry commit
Memory
Will it fit?Needs about 5 GB at 4-bit
8 GB
16 GB
24 GB
32 GB
64 GB
128 GB
Fits with headroomTight, close other appsWon’t fit
Estimated from the parameter count at Apple’s compression setting. Apple does not publish package sizes.
Export it
Terminal · uv$ git clone https://github.com/apple/coreai-models
$ cd coreai-models
$ uv run coreai.llm.export phi-3-mini-instruct
Apple publishes the recipe, not a ready-made package: these commands convert the original weights to a Core AI .aimodel on your Mac. See the repository for requirements.
Core AI export presets
From Apple’s registry| Preset | Platform | Compression | Precision | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| phi-3-mini-instruct | macOS | 4-bit | FP16 | 4K |