Can the RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB run ERNIE-Image (Turbo)?
Download Q8_0 (8.7 GB). With the model's working memory it needs about 11.0 GB, leaving 5.0 GB spare on 16 GB. Quality: practically identical to the original.
01What to download
| Part | File | Folder | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | ernie-image-turbo-Q8_0.gguf Q8_0 · unsloth/ERNIE-Image-Turbo-GGUF | models/unet | 8.7 GB | Download → |
| Text encoder | ministral-3-3b.safetensors Ministral 3 3B · Comfy-Org/ERNIE-Image | models/text_encoders | 7.7 GB | Download → |
| VAE | flux2-vae.safetensors FLUX.2 VAE · Comfy-Org/ERNIE-Image | models/vae | 0.3 GB | Download → |
| Total download · keep about the same free on disk | 16.7 GB | |||
Only for some workflows: ERNIE prompt enhancer (optional) (6.9 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 16.7 GB, plus roughly 6 GB for Windows, ComfyUI and a browser: 22.7 GB in total. With less RAM it still runs, but Windows starts swapping to disk and loading gets very slow. calculated
02Every ERNIE-Image file on 16 GB
| File | Size | Needed | On this card | Quality | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-bit SAFETENSORS · Comfy-Org | 16.1 GB | 18.4 GB | 2.4 GB too big | the original weights | Hugging Face → |
| Q8_0 ← GGUF · unsloth | 8.7 GB | 11.0 GB | fits · 5.0 GB spare | practically identical to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q6_K GGUF · unsloth | 6.8 GB | 9.1 GB | fits · 6.9 GB spare | very close to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q5_K_M GGUF · unsloth | 5.9 GB | 8.2 GB | fits · 7.8 GB spare | close; small differences in fine detail | Hugging Face → |
| Q4_K_M GGUF · unsloth | 5.0 GB | 7.3 GB | fits · 8.7 GB spare | good; some loss in fine detail and text | Hugging Face → |
| Q3_K_M GGUF · unsloth | 3.9 GB | 6.2 GB | fits · 9.8 GB spare | noticeable loss of detail | Hugging Face → |
| Q2_K GGUF · unsloth | 3.2 GB | 5.5 GB | fits · 10.5 GB spare | heavy loss; a last resort | Hugging Face → |
Sizes from the Hugging Face file listing, read 2026-09-25. “Needed” = file + 1.5 GB working memory for this model + 0.8 GB kept free for the system.
03The text encoder
Ministral 3 3B: 7.7 GB as 16-bit (an optional prompt-enhancer LLM (6.9 GB) can be skipped). 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. On 16 GB the 16-bit encoder fits on its own, so prompt encoding stays fast.
04About this GPU
The RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB is an Ada Lovelace GPU with hardware FP8, so ComfyUI can compute Comfy-Org's FP8 files natively: small and fast. (Plain FP8 files use FP8 maths with the --fast fp8_matrix_mult option.)
RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB: 16 GB GDDR6 · 128-bit · 288 GB/s · Ada Lovelace. Everything that runs on the RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB →
05What more VRAM would change
Nothing to gain for this model: the RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB already runs a top-quality file entirely in VRAM. More memory would only help with bigger images, longer clips or several models at once.
06Measured and reported results
Nobody has sent measured numbers for this pair yet. If you run ERNIE-Image on a RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB, send your time per image and peak VRAM and it will appear here, credited.
07Questions
How much VRAM does ERNIE-Image need?
Around 5.5 GB with the smallest file (Q2_K) and 11.0 GB with an 8-bit file (Q8_0), counting working memory and a small system reserve. The full 16-bit file needs about 18.4 GB.
Which ERNIE-Image file should I download for the RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB?
Q8_0 (8.7 GB) from unsloth/ERNIE-Image-Turbo-GGUF. Load it with Unet Loader (GGUF) from the ComfyUI-GGUF node pack.
Is FP8 faster than GGUF on the RTX 4060 Ti 16 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 ERNIE-Image on the RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB?
About 16.7 GB for the model file, text encoder and VAE listed on this page, and the same again free on disk. With a 16 GB card, 32 GB of system RAM or more is recommended.