Can the Mac 32 GB run LTX-2.5 (22B)?
Not at full quality. The 16-bit and 8-bit files are too big for the Mac 32 GB; the largest that fits is Q6_K (18.7 GB).
Take Q6_K (18.7 GB). In use it comes to about 23.5 GB, with 3.3 GB left over on 26.8 GB. Quality: very close to the original. For better quality, Q8_0 (23.6 GB) also runs, with about 1.6 GB spilling into system RAM - a little slower, still practical.
01What to download
| Part | File | Folder | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | LTX-2.5-Distilled-Q6_K.gguf Q6_K · realrebelai/LTX-2.5_GGUFs | models/unet | 18.7 GB | Download → |
| Text encoder | gemma4-12b-with-proj-ltx-2.5-bf16.safetensors Gemma 4 12B + LTX projection BF16 · Lightricks/LTX-2.5 | models/text_encoders | 26.3 GB | Download → |
| VAE | ltx-2.5-video-vae-bf16.safetensors LTX-2.5 video VAE (DiffVAE) BF16 · Lightricks/LTX-2.5 | models/vae | 1.5 GB | Download → |
| Also needed | ltx-2.5-audio-vae-bf16.safetensors LTX-2.5 audio VAE + vocoder BF16 · Lightricks/LTX-2.5 | models/vae | 0.4 GB | Download → |
| Total download · keep about the same free on disk | 46.8 GB | |||
Only for some workflows: LTX-2.5 latent spatial upscaler x2 (1.0 GB, official two-stage template); Gemma 4 E2B INT8 (prompt enhancer, optional) (5.2 GB, only if prompt enhancer enabled). On a Mac, FP8 text encoders do not load, so a 16-bit one is listed. Sizes from Hugging Face, 2026-10-01.
Shared memory: about 52.8 GB of your 32 GB. On this machine the model, the text encoder, the VAE and the operating system all use the same memory. That is about 20.8 GB more than there is. It still runs: while the model works, the system compresses or swaps the idle text encoder, so loading and changing the prompt get slower. A smaller file or text encoder avoids that. calculated
02Every LTX-2.5 file on 26.8 GB
| File | Size | Needed | On this card | Quality | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-bit SAFETENSORS · Lightricks | 42.0 GB | 46.8 GB | 20.0 GB too big | the original weights | Hugging Face → |
| Q8_0 GGUF · realrebelai | 23.6 GB | 28.4 GB | spills 1.6 GB | practically identical to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q6_K ← GGUF · realrebelai | 18.7 GB | 23.5 GB | fits · 3.3 GB spare | very close to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q5_K_M GGUF · realrebelai | 16.8 GB | 21.6 GB | fits · 5.2 GB spare | close; small differences in fine detail | Hugging Face → |
| Q4_K_M GGUF · realrebelai | 15.1 GB | 19.9 GB | fits · 6.9 GB spare | good; some loss in fine detail and text | Hugging Face → |
| Q3_K_M GGUF · realrebelai | 11.5 GB | 16.3 GB | fits · 10.5 GB spare | noticeable loss of detail | Hugging Face → |
| Q2_K GGUF · realrebelai | 8.8 GB | 13.6 GB | fits · 13.2 GB spare | heavy loss; a last resort | Hugging Face → |
“Needed” adds 4 GB of working memory for LTX-2.5 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 LTX-2.5 on a Mac 32 GB, send your time per image and peak VRAM and it will appear here, credited.
04With more VRAM
With 32 GB you could run LTX-2.5 at 8-bit or better (Q8_0, 23.6 GB) with no offloading: for example on the RTX 5090 32 GB.
05About the Mac 32 GB
A Mac with 32 GB shares that memory between the CPU and the GPU. On current macOS the GPU may use about 26.8 GB of it by default (older macOS versions: about 22.9 GB); that is the figure used here. ComfyUI can go past it, but macOS then starts compressing and swapping memory and everything slows down. ComfyUI runs on Apple GPUs through PyTorch's MPS backend. 16-bit and GGUF files work; FP8 and INT8 files do not save memory on a Mac, so they are skipped. Speed is the catch: even the fastest Macs are several times slower per image than a desktop RTX card. Chips sold with 32 GB: M1 Pro, M1 Max, M2 Pro, M2 Max, M4, M5, M6 (memory bandwidth 120–400 GB/s - the higher, the faster). Everything about Macs and local AI →
32 GB unified · ~26.8 GB for the GPU · 120–400 GB/s · Apple Silicon. Everything that runs on it →
06Questions
How much VRAM does LTX-2.5 need?
Around 13.6 GB with the smallest file (Q2_K) and 28.4 GB with an 8-bit file (Q8_0). The full 16-bit file needs about 46.8 GB.
Which LTX-2.5 file should I download for the Mac 32 GB?
Q6_K (18.7 GB) from realrebelai/LTX-2.5_GGUFs. Load it with Unet Loader (GGUF) from the ComfyUI-GGUF node pack.
How much do I need to download for LTX-2.5 on the Mac 32 GB?
46.8 GB: LTX-2.5-Distilled-Q6_K.gguf, gemma4-12b-with-proj-ltx-2.5-bf16.safetensors, ltx-2.5-video-vae-bf16.safetensors, ltx-2.5-audio-vae-bf16.safetensors.