Can the Arc B580 12 GB run Qwen-Image 2.1?
Yes, but only just: Q8_0 leaves 2.1 GB free on the Arc B580 12 GB.
Take Q8_0 (7.6 GB). In use it comes to about 9.9 GB, with 2.1 GB left over on 12 GB.
01What to download
| Part | File | Folder | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | qwen_image_2.1_Q8_0.gguf Q8_0 · Abiray/Qwen-Image-2.1-GGUF | models/unet | 7.6 GB | Download → |
| Text encoder | qwen3vl_8b_int8_convrot.safetensors Qwen3-VL 8B INT8 · Comfy-Org/Qwen-Image-2.1 | models/text_encoders | 9.4 GB | Download → |
| VAE | qwen_image_2.1_vae_bf16.safetensors Qwen-Image 2.1 VAE · Comfy-Org/Qwen-Image-2.1 | models/vae | 0.7 GB | Download → |
| Total download · keep about the same free on disk | 17.6 GB | |||
Alternatives: Qwen3-VL 8B BF16 (17.5 GB). Sizes from Hugging Face, 2026-10-01.
Free ComfyUI workflow, tested on my RTX 5060 Ti: INT8 workflow (.json). Drag the file into ComfyUI. All workflows →
02Every Qwen-Image 2.1 file on 12 GB
| File | Size | Needed | On this card | Quality | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-bit SAFETENSORS · Comfy-Org | 14.2 GB | 16.5 GB | 4.5 GB too big | the original weights | Hugging Face → |
| Q8_0 ← GGUF · Abiray | 7.6 GB | 9.9 GB | fits · 2.1 GB spare | practically identical to the original | Hugging Face → |
| INT8 SAFETENSORS · Comfy-Org | 7.3 GB | 9.6 GB | fits · 2.4 GB spare | practically identical to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q6_K GGUF · Abiray | 5.9 GB | 8.2 GB | fits · 3.8 GB spare | very close to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q5_K_M GGUF · Abiray | 5.0 GB | 7.3 GB | fits · 4.7 GB spare | close; small differences in fine detail | Hugging Face → |
| Q4_K_M GGUF · Abiray | 4.2 GB | 6.5 GB | fits · 5.5 GB spare | good; some loss in fine detail and text | Hugging Face → |
| Q3_K_M GGUF · Abiray | 3.2 GB | 5.5 GB | fits · 6.5 GB spare | noticeable loss of detail | Hugging Face → |
“Needed” adds 1.5 GB of working memory for Qwen-Image 2.1 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 Qwen-Image 2.1 on a Arc B580 12 GB, send your time per image and peak VRAM and it will appear here, credited.
04About the Arc B580 12 GB
Intel Arc GPUs run ComfyUI through PyTorch's native XPU support on Windows 11 and Linux. Memory works the same as on NVIDIA, so the fit verdicts apply. FP8 files save memory but give no speed-up, and some custom nodes are NVIDIA-only.
12 GB GDDR6 · 192-bit · 456 GB/s · Battlemage. Everything that runs on it →
05Questions
How much VRAM does Qwen-Image 2.1 need?
Around 5.5 GB with the smallest file (Q3_K_M) and 9.6 GB with an 8-bit file (INT8). The full 16-bit file needs about 16.5 GB.
Which Qwen-Image 2.1 file should I download for the Arc B580 12 GB?
Q8_0 (7.6 GB) from Abiray/Qwen-Image-2.1-GGUF. Load it with Unet Loader (GGUF) from the ComfyUI-GGUF node pack.
How much do I need to download for Qwen-Image 2.1 on the Arc B580 12 GB?
17.6 GB: qwen_image_2.1_Q8_0.gguf, qwen3vl_8b_int8_convrot.safetensors, qwen_image_2.1_vae_bf16.safetensors.