Can the Mac 32 GB run Wan 2.1 T2V 14B?
Yes. Q8_0 fits on the Mac 32 GB with 6.6 GB to spare.
Q8_0 (15.9 GB) needs about 20.2 GB in use, so 6.6 GB of the 26.8 GB stays free: room for a larger image, a LoRA or a ControlNet.
01What to download
| Part | File | Folder | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | wan2.1-t2v-14b-Q8_0.gguf Q8_0 · city96/Wan2.1-T2V-14B-gguf | models/unet | 15.9 GB | Download → |
| Text encoder | umt5-xxl-encoder-Q8_0.gguf UMT5-XXL GGUF Q8_0 · city96/umt5-xxl-encoder-gguf | models/text_encoders | 6.0 GB | Download → |
| VAE | wan_2.1_vae.safetensors Wan 2.1 VAE · Comfy-Org/Wan_2.1_ComfyUI_repackaged | models/vae | 0.3 GB | Download → |
| Total download · keep about the same free on disk | 22.2 GB | |||
Alternatives: UMT5-XXL FP16 (11.4 GB). On a Mac, FP8 text encoders do not load, so a 16-bit one is listed - or a GGUF one, loaded with “CLIPLoader (GGUF)” from the ComfyUI-GGUF nodes. Sizes from Hugging Face, 2026-10-01.
Shared memory: about 28.2 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 leaves room, so nothing has to be swapped to disk. calculated
02Every Wan 2.1 14B file on 26.8 GB
| File | Size | Needed | On this card | Quality | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-bit SAFETENSORS · Comfy-Org | 28.6 GB | 32.9 GB | 6.1 GB too big | the original weights | Hugging Face → |
| Q8_0 ← GGUF · city96 | 15.9 GB | 20.2 GB | fits · 6.6 GB spare | practically identical to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q6_K GGUF · city96 | 12.5 GB | 16.8 GB | fits · 10.0 GB spare | very close to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q5_K_M GGUF · city96 | 11.3 GB | 15.6 GB | fits · 11.2 GB spare | close; small differences in fine detail | Hugging Face → |
| Q4_K_M GGUF · city96 | 10.1 GB | 14.4 GB | fits · 12.4 GB spare | good; some loss in fine detail and text | Hugging Face → |
| Q3_K_M GGUF · city96 | 7.6 GB | 11.9 GB | fits · 14.9 GB spare | noticeable loss of detail | Hugging Face → |
“Needed” adds 3.5 GB of working memory for Wan 2.1 14B and a 0.8 GB reserve. Sizes 2026-10-01. FP8 and INT8 files are left out on a Mac: Apple GPUs cannot compute FP8, so ComfyUI either fails to load them or converts them back to 16-bit, which saves no memory. Use a 16-bit or GGUF file.
03Measured and reported results
Nobody has sent measured numbers for this pair yet. If you run Wan 2.1 14B on a Mac 32 GB, send your time per image and peak VRAM and it will appear here, credited.
04About 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 →
05Questions
How much VRAM does Wan 2.1 14B need?
Around 11.9 GB with the smallest file (Q3_K_M) and 18.6 GB with an 8-bit file (FP8). The full 16-bit file needs about 32.9 GB.
Which Wan 2.1 14B file should I download for the Mac 32 GB?
Q8_0 (15.9 GB) from city96/Wan2.1-T2V-14B-gguf. Load it with Unet Loader (GGUF) from the ComfyUI-GGUF node pack.
FP8 or Q8_0 for Wan 2.1 14B on the Mac 32 GB?
Q8_0 (15.9 GB). The Mac 32 GB has no FP8 maths, so FP8 (14.3 GB) only saves memory and is a step further from the original.
How much do I need to download for Wan 2.1 14B on the Mac 32 GB?
22.2 GB: wan2.1-t2v-14b-Q8_0.gguf, umt5-xxl-encoder-Q8_0.gguf, wan_2.1_vae.safetensors.