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Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q4_K_M — GGUF (scorecard)

Quantized from microsoft/Phi-mini-MoE-instruct by SmartTasks on 2026-07-12.

Why this conversion: Smaller, faster local/edge + agentic deployment via GGUF. Size saving: 46.8% vs the original weights. Origin: https://huggingface.co/microsoft/Phi-mini-MoE-instruct · license: mit · base: n/a · arch: n/a

Who this model is for

Complexity band: L1 Layman → L5 Agentic
For non-experts: handles up to L5 Agentic-level tasks in testing.
For engineers/architects: see axis scores and invariants below.
For agentic systems: machine-readable scorecard JSON is embedded at the bottom and shipped as scorecard.json.

Capability by tier

Tier	Passed
L1 Layman	✅
L2 Everyday	✅
L3 Professional	✅
L4 Architect/Engineer	✅
L5 Agentic	✅

Capability by axis

Axis	Score
knowledge	100%
instruction_following	100%
reasoning	100%
coding	100%
structured_output	100%
long_context	100%

Known-answer accuracy: 1.0 · Drift vs original: None

Speed — generation tok/s by device

File	CPU t/s	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 t/s	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti t/s
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-f16.gguf	1.1	66.9	6.8
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q2_K.gguf	2.8	205.7	67.6
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q3_K_L.gguf	2.5	189.1	67.8
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q3_K_M.gguf	2.8	190.2	68.8
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q3_K_S.gguf	1.9	189.5	68.5
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q4_K_M.gguf	1.1	219.6	66.5
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q4_K_S.gguf	2.0	178.2	52.0
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q5_K_M.gguf	2.0	201.8	63.5
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q5_K_S.gguf	1.4	209.1	65.7
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q6_K.gguf	2.4	186.4	60.1
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q8_0.gguf	1.8	152.9	63.9

Measured via llama-server; each GPU pinned separately. Per-GPU columns show newer vs older architecture side by side. Depends on your hardware and build.

Compression (vs 14.2 GB original)

Quant	Size	% of original	Saved	Est. VRAM @ ctx	KLD vs f16	Guidance
F16	14.3 GB	100%	—	~18.7 GB	0.0	near-lossless — differences from the original are negligible
Q8_0	7.6 GB	53%	47%	~11.0 GB	2.6e-05	near-lossless — differences from the original are negligible
Q6_K	6.3 GB	44%	56%	~9.6 GB	0.004903	near-lossless — differences from the original are negligible
Q5_K_M	5.3 GB	38%	62%	~8.4 GB	0.010254	near-lossless — differences from the original are negligible
Q5_K_S	5.0 GB	35%	65%	~8.1 GB	0.00518	near-lossless — differences from the original are negligible
Q4_K_M	4.7 GB	33%	67%	~7.6 GB	0.013009	★ recommended default — best size/quality balance for most users
Q4_K_S	4.3 GB	30%	70%	~7.2 GB	0.008352	near-lossless — differences from the original are negligible
Q3_K_L	3.9 GB	27%	73%	~6.8 GB	0.010082	near-lossless — differences from the original are negligible
Q3_K_M	3.7 GB	26%	74%	~6.5 GB	0.002749	near-lossless — differences from the original are negligible
Q3_K_S	3.4 GB	24%	76%	~6.2 GB	0.016194	near-lossless — differences from the original are negligible
Q2_K	2.9 GB	21%	79%	~5.7 GB	0.074834	good — small but real quality loss; solid size/quality balance

Disk sizes are exact; VRAM is a formula estimate; quality shown as KLD (lower = closer to full precision) rather than a single %.

File integrity (SHA-256)

Verify a download hasn't been tampered with. Linux/mac: sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS. Windows: Get-FileHash <file>.gguf -Algorithm SHA256.

File	SHA-256
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-f16.gguf	`ce9c9b134d52b441c39d8f08c6da8e4f400ebd3a46ec9620a5f13763908f94ae`
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q2_K.gguf	`e6f10bfc4430199fdb3ee7ed701d4f8b645f2a87133830d52e7acf58a516e5ec`
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q3_K_L.gguf	`9eb9bb25c8c91e95e20869d608f92e75ca8debd8cccb193b56ad414252cfb30d`
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q3_K_M.gguf	`30f7c0b60149cbb5ade007796ec4a86d4956a0efd9ef3d08fbfd60dcbeaa18cb`
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q3_K_S.gguf	`e704016c690c194ae7cde713b59cfbb496bb591c0adb9dbeb50134cd644c52ce`
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q4_K_M.gguf	`0e81179712790f9b16e6ad4216acfb5af2a4711093b1176db62b86d5a1db868f`
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q4_K_S.gguf	`16e1824f25a890ead375fd7f6476ef0813128079796286319e5594e8ffa1aefa`
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q5_K_M.gguf	`347d9bf2de7224264483ca5fbb0517c31ff68f17264556b9ce21cd193a909a00`
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q5_K_S.gguf	`3f9ff65f354eb55b4845cb38bca3c0ba5afdb6f7993937a9cf2f2e8f39209679`
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q6_K.gguf	`ba87039f8adc7bb1374918f2bbfa2d54e0e386d5b03c0a30f115ea92d792cacb`
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q8_0.gguf	`c81d70ddab0a4b6f9a7aec21f29d31e27c35ef776809bfdb6547516aecd29250`

Validation invariants (IAIso)

Overall conformance: WARN (6 pass / 1 warn / 0 fail / 0 not evaluated)

Invariant	Category	Status	Detail
`iaiso.conversion.integrity`	conversion	PASS	GGUF produced and readable
`iaiso.conversion.efficiency`	conversion	PASS	Size reduction vs original weights
`iaiso.capability.retention`	capability	PASS	Known-answer accuracy on the complexity suite
`iaiso.parity.fidelity`	parity	PASS	Best KL-divergence vs f16 across quants
`iaiso.security.posture`	security	WARN	supply-chain clean; red-team mean resistance 40.4% (weak, sampled: dan+promptinject); weak vs Ablation_Dan_11_0, DanInTheWild, HijackHateHumans, HijackKillHumans, HijackLongPrompt
`iaiso.transparency.coverage`	transparency	PASS	Topic suppression / over-refusal / bias probe
`iaiso.performance.throughput`	performance	PASS	Generation tok/s (best quant on this machine)

First-party self-assessment produced by the SmartTasks/IAIso validation pipeline (capability, security, transparency). Not an independent certification.

Security assessment

This maps directly to the iaiso.security.posture invariant above (WARN). Values below are computed deterministically from the scan outputs — the same scan always yields the same verdict.

Supply chain (ModelScan): clean — no unsafe serialization in the source weights.

Partial (sampled) red-team. Ran probe families dan, promptinject — a focused subset, not garak's full ~40-module suite (which takes ~a day on one GPU). These families target the attack classes most relevant to an instruction-tuned coding model, so the result is a strong, representative indicator of behavioural robustness — though not an exhaustive certification.

Mean resistance: 40.4% (weak). Higher = the model resisted more attacks. Grades: strong ≥95, good ≥80, mixed ≥50, weak <50.

Probe	OWASP	Attempts	Resisted	Pass rate	Grade
`dan.Ablation_Dan_11_0`	LLM01	254	12	4.7%	weak
`promptinject.HijackHateHumans`	LLM01	511	152	29.7%	weak
`promptinject.HijackLongPrompt`	LLM01	512	232	45.3%	weak
`promptinject.HijackKillHumans`	LLM01	506	236	46.6%	weak
`dan.DanInTheWild`	LLM01	511	253	49.5%	weak
`dan.AutoDANCached`	LLM01	6	4	66.7%	mixed

⚠️ Deployment note: this model was susceptible to one or more prompt-injection attack classes in testing (pass rate <50%). Like most instruction-tuned coding models, it should not be exposed to untrusted input in agent pipelines without external guardrails. This reflects the source model's safety tuning, not the quantization.

Sampled red-team (subset of garak probes); not an exhaustive sweep. Reproduce with security_scan.py + security_digest.py.

For agents

json

{
  "max_complexity_level": 5,
  "max_complexity_label": "L5 Agentic",
  "recommended_for": [
    "knowledge",
    "instruction_following",
    "reasoning",
    "coding",
    "structured_output",
    "long_context"
  ],
  "not_recommended_for": [],
  "size_saving_pct": null
}

The full machine-readable scorecard is in scorecard.json (schema smarttasks.iaiso.model_scorecard/v1).

Running Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q4_K_M locally (LM Studio, Ollama, llama.cpp, vLLM)

These are GGUF quantizations of microsoft/Phi-mini-MoE-instruct for local inference. Download a single .gguf and load it in LM Studio, Ollama, llama.cpp / llama-server, KoboldCpp, text-generation-webui, or any llama.cpp-based runner — no Python or GPU cluster required. The smallest build (Q2_K) is about 2.9 GB and needs roughly ~5.7 GB VRAM, so it runs on modest consumer GPUs. Pick a size from the compression table above: larger = closer to the original, smaller = less memory. Q4_K_M is the usual best balance.

Using Phi-mini-MoE-instruct-Q4_K_M in agentic systems (tool calling, JSON mode)

Built for agent and function-calling workloads. In testing this model reaches L5 Agentic complexity and is strongest at: knowledge, instruction_following, reasoning, coding, structured_output, long_context. The repo ships a machine-readable scorecard.json with an agent_hint block (max complexity level, recommended tasks, size/VRAM) so an orchestrator can pick the right model automatically. Pair it with a governance layer (see below) for bounded, audited tool use.

For AI safety & security leaders

Every build in this repo ships with a first-party validation record: an OWASP-mapped security scan (ModelScan supply-chain + garak red-team), a transparency probe (topic-suppression / over-refusal / viewpoint-alignment), quantization fidelity (KL-divergence vs the original), and SHA-256 checksums for tamper verification. This is a documented self-assessment — not third-party certification — with every result included so your team can see exactly what was tested and independently verify the model and its checksums. Keywords: LLM security, model governance, agent safety, OWASP LLM Top 10, local/on-prem inference, supply-chain integrity.

About SmartTasks & IAIso

SmartTasks builds tooling for governed, agentic AI workflows. This model was converted and validated with the **SmartTasks GGUF

MoE pipeline** — our proprietary conversion and validation system.

IAIso — governance for agent loops

IAIso is our open framework for bounding what an autonomous agent spends and touches, and proving it afterward. Three primitives: pressure-accumulation rate limiting (one scalar that rises with tokens, tool calls, and planning depth, and triggers an automatic safety release), ConsentScope (signed, scoped, expiring tokens gating sensitive operations), and structured audit (every state change emits a versioned event). It bounds a cooperating agent in-process; for adversarial containment bind it to an out-of-process anchor. (Framework 5.0 · SDK 0.2.0 · beta — you supply your own thresholds/coefficients for your workload.)

pip install iaiso # Python SDK (the only published package today)

python

from iaiso import BoundedExecution, PressureConfig

with BoundedExecution.start(config=PressureConfig()) as execution:
    outcome = execution.record_tool_call(name="search", tokens=500)
    if outcome.name == "ESCALATED":
        ...  # request human review before the next expensive step

Go, Rust, Node/TypeScript, Java, C#, PHP, Swift and Ruby SDKs implement the same spec and live in the repo's core/ (build from source — not yet published to their registries). See the repo for conformance vectors and LIMITATIONS.md.

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