Can the RX 7900 XTX 24 GB run ERNIE-Image (Turbo)?
Yes. 16-bit fits on the RX 7900 XTX 24 GB with 5.6 GB to spare.
Take 16-bit (16.1 GB). In use it comes to about 18.4 GB, with 5.6 GB left over on 24 GB.
01What to download
| Part | File | Folder | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | ernie-image-turbo.safetensors 16-bit · Comfy-Org/ERNIE-Image | models/diffusion_models | 16.1 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 | 24.1 GB | |||
Only for some workflows: ERNIE prompt enhancer (optional) (6.9 GB). Sizes from Hugging Face, 2026-10-01.
02Every ERNIE-Image file on 24 GB
| File | Size | Needed | On this card | Quality | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-bit ← SAFETENSORS · Comfy-Org | 16.1 GB | 18.4 GB | fits · 5.6 GB spare | the original weights | Hugging Face → |
| Q8_0 GGUF · unsloth | 8.7 GB | 11.0 GB | fits · 13.0 GB spare | practically identical to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q6_K GGUF · unsloth | 6.8 GB | 9.1 GB | fits · 14.9 GB spare | very close to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q5_K_M GGUF · unsloth | 5.9 GB | 8.2 GB | fits · 15.8 GB spare | close; small differences in fine detail | Hugging Face → |
| Q4_K_M GGUF · unsloth | 5.0 GB | 7.3 GB | fits · 16.7 GB spare | good; some loss in fine detail and text | Hugging Face → |
| Q3_K_M GGUF · unsloth | 3.9 GB | 6.2 GB | fits · 17.8 GB spare | noticeable loss of detail | Hugging Face → |
| Q2_K GGUF · unsloth | 3.2 GB | 5.5 GB | fits · 18.5 GB spare | heavy loss; a last resort | Hugging Face → |
“Needed” adds 1.5 GB of working memory for ERNIE-Image and a 0.8 GB reserve. Sizes 2026-10-01.
03Measured and reported results
Nobody has sent measured numbers for this pair yet. If you run ERNIE-Image on a RX 7900 XTX 24 GB, send your time per image and peak VRAM and it will appear here, credited.
04About the RX 7900 XTX 24 GB
ComfyUI supports AMD GPUs on Windows officially since v0.7.0 (January 2026), through ROCm. Memory works the same as on NVIDIA, so the fit verdicts apply. Some custom nodes are NVIDIA-only. RDNA 3 has no FP8 compute, so FP8 files save memory but give no speed-up.
24 GB GDDR6 · 384-bit · 960 GB/s · RDNA 3. Everything that runs on it →
05Questions
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). The full 16-bit file needs about 18.4 GB.
Which ERNIE-Image file should I download for the RX 7900 XTX 24 GB?
16-bit (16.1 GB) from Comfy-Org/ERNIE-Image.
How much do I need to download for ERNIE-Image on the RX 7900 XTX 24 GB?
24.1 GB: ernie-image-turbo.safetensors, ministral-3-3b.safetensors, flux2-vae.safetensors.