Can the RTX 5060 8 GB run Boogu-Image (Turbo)?
The smallest sensible file, Q4_1 (7.4 GB), needs about 10.0 GB — 2.0 GB more than RTX 5060 8 GB has. ComfyUI can still run it by streaming part of the model from system RAM. How much slower that is depends on your ComfyUI version, the file format and the PCIe link — see the note below.
Worth trying on this GPU: with an up-to-date ComfyUI, Dynamic VRAM (on by default for NVIDIA since March 2026) streams whatever does not fit from system RAM, and ComfyUI's own start-up message recommends native FP8/INT8 files over GGUF, saying they “will be faster even if they are larger than your memory”. So before settling for a heavily compressed GGUF, try the native FP8 file (10.3 GB). The file recommended above is the best one that fits entirely — the safe choice on older ComfyUI versions, AMD and Intel. Comfy blog: Dynamic VRAM →
01What to download
| Part | File | Folder | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | boogu-turbo-dit-Q4_1.gguf Q4_1 · realrebelai/Boogu-Image-Turbo_GGUFs | models/unet | 7.4 GB | Download → |
| Text encoder | qwen3vl_8b_fp8_scaled.safetensors Qwen3-VL 8B FP8 · Comfy-Org/Boogu-Image | models/text_encoders | 10.6 GB | Download → |
| VAE | flux1_vae_bf16.safetensors FLUX.1 VAE BF16 · Comfy-Org/Boogu-Image | models/vae | 0.2 GB | Download → |
| Total download · keep about the same free on disk | 18.2 GB | |||
Sizes read from Hugging Face (2026-09-25). “Download” links start the file directly; the file name links are the same files the official ComfyUI workflows use.
System RAM: 32 GB or more. ComfyUI keeps the model file, the text encoder and the VAE in system RAM and moves them to the GPU as needed. With this set of files that is about 18.2 GB, plus roughly 6 GB for Windows, ComfyUI and a browser: 24.2 GB in total. With less RAM it still runs, but Windows starts swapping to disk and loading gets very slow. calculated
02Every Boogu-Image file on 8 GB
| File | Size | Needed | On this card | Quality | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-bit SAFETENSORS · Comfy-Org | 20.6 GB | 23.2 GB | 15.2 GB too big | the original weights | Hugging Face → |
| FP8 SAFETENSORS · Comfy-Org | 10.3 GB | 12.9 GB | 4.9 GB too big | practically identical to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q8_0 GGUF · realrebelai | 11.6 GB | 14.2 GB | 6.2 GB too big | practically identical to the original | Hugging Face → |
| INT8 SAFETENSORS · Comfy-Org | 11.4 GB | 14.0 GB | 6.0 GB too big | practically identical to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q5_1 GGUF · realrebelai | 8.6 GB | 11.2 GB | 3.2 GB too big | close; small differences in fine detail | Hugging Face → |
| Q4_1 ← GGUF · realrebelai | 7.4 GB | 10.0 GB | 2.0 GB too big | good; some loss in fine detail and text | Hugging Face → |
Sizes from the Hugging Face file listing, read 2026-09-25. “Needed” = file + 1.8 GB working memory for this model + 0.8 GB kept free for the system.
03The text encoder
Qwen3-VL 8B: 10.6 GB as FP8, 6.3 GB as NVFP4. ComfyUI encodes the prompt first and can push the encoder out of VRAM before sampling, so it does not have to fit together with the model. Use the smallest encoder file; it still fits on its own.
04About this GPU
The RTX 5060 8 GB is a Blackwell GPU with FP8 and FP4 hardware: ComfyUI computes Comfy-Org's FP8 files natively here, and NVFP4 files (where a model offers them) are faster still.
RTX 5060 8 GB: 8 GB GDDR7 · 128-bit · 448 GB/s · Blackwell. Everything that runs on the RTX 5060 8 GB →
05What more VRAM would change
With 16 GB you could run Boogu-Image at 8-bit or better (FP8, 10.3 GB) with no offloading: for example on the RTX 5080 16 GB, RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB, RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB.
What changes from the RTX 5060 8 GB to the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB →
06Measured and reported results
Nobody has sent measured numbers for this pair yet. If you run Boogu-Image on a RTX 5060 8 GB, send your time per image and peak VRAM and it will appear here, credited.
07Questions
How much VRAM does Boogu-Image need?
Around 10.0 GB with the smallest file (Q4_1) and 12.9 GB with an 8-bit file (FP8), counting working memory and a small system reserve. The full 16-bit file needs about 23.2 GB.
Which Boogu-Image file should I download for the RTX 5060 8 GB?
Q4_1 (7.4 GB) from realrebelai/Boogu-Image-Turbo_GGUFs. Load it with Unet Loader (GGUF) from the ComfyUI-GGUF node pack.
Is FP8 faster than GGUF on the RTX 5060 8 GB?
It can be. This GPU has FP8 hardware, and ComfyUI computes FP8 natively for files made for it (Comfy-Org's fp8_scaled files), or for any FP8 file with the --fast fp8_matrix_mult option. GGUF files are unpacked on the fly, which costs some speed.
How much do I need to download for Boogu-Image on the RTX 5060 8 GB?
About 18.2 GB for the model file, text encoder and VAE listed on this page, and the same again free on disk. With a 8 GB card, 32 GB of system RAM or more is recommended.