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LTX-Video 13B (0.9.8) VRAM requirements

The last of the pre-LTX-2 video models from Lightricks (July 2025). No audio, T5 text encoder, and much lighter than LTX-2.

Released 2025-07Licence: LTX-Video Open Weights LicenseSteps: 20–30Text encoder: T5-XXL (4.9 GB as FP8)
TypeVideo
Parameters13B
Fits entirely from10 GB
8-bit or better from19 GB

01The files, and how much VRAM each needs

FileSizeNeededMin. VRAMQualitySource
16-bit28.6 GB32.9 GB33 GBthe original weightsLightricks/LTX-Video →
Q8_014.0 GB18.3 GB19 GBpractically identical to the originalQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-GGUF →
FP815.7 GB20.0 GB20 GBpractically identical to the originalLightricks/LTX-Video →
Q6_K10.9 GB15.2 GB16 GBvery close to the originalQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-GGUF →
Q5_K_M9.8 GB14.1 GB15 GBclose; small differences in fine detailQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-GGUF →
Q4_K_M8.8 GB13.1 GB14 GBgood; some loss in fine detail and textQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-GGUF →
Q3_K_M6.5 GB10.8 GB11 GBnoticeable loss of detailQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-GGUF →
Q2_K4.7 GB9.0 GB10 GBheavy loss; a last resortQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-GGUF →

“Needed” = file + 3.5 GB working memory + 0.8 GB system reserve.

03Best GPU for LTX-Video 13B

The cheapest cards (by launch price) that run it well, and every card sorted by memory: best GPU for LTX-Video 13B → Planning bigger images or longer clips? Open the calculator →

04By graphics card

GPUVRAMVerdictBest fileNeeded
Desktop graphics cards
RTX 2060 6 GB6 GBOffload onlyQ4_K_M13.1 GB
RTX 3050 6 GB6 GBOffload onlyQ4_K_M13.1 GB
RTX 2070 Super 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 2080 Super 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 3050 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 3060 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 3070 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 4060 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 5050 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 5060 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RX 7600 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RX 9050 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RX 9060 XT 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
Arc B570 10 GB10 GBTightQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 3080 10 GB10 GBTightQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB11 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
Arc B580 12 GB12 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
RTX 2060 12 GB12 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
RTX 3060 12 GB12 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
RTX 3080 12 GB12 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB12 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
RTX 4070 12 GB12 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
RTX 4070 Super 12 GB12 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB12 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
RTX 5070 12 GB12 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
RX 7700 XT 12 GB12 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
RX 9070 GRE 12 GB12 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
Arc A770 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RTX 4070 Ti Super 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RTX 4080 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RTX 4080 Super 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RTX 5080 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RX 7600 XT 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RX 7800 XT 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RX 7900 GRE 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RX 9060 XT 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RX 9070 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RX 9070 XT 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RX 7900 XT 20 GB20 GBRuns wellQ8_018.3 GB
Arc Pro B60 24 GB24 GBRuns wellQ8_018.3 GB
RTX 3090 24 GB24 GBRuns wellQ8_018.3 GB
RTX 3090 Ti 24 GB24 GBRuns wellQ8_018.3 GB
RTX 4090 24 GB24 GBRuns wellFP820.0 GB
RX 7900 XTX 24 GB24 GBRuns wellQ8_018.3 GB
Arc Pro B70 32 GB32 GBRuns wellQ8_018.3 GB
RTX 5090 32 GB32 GBRuns wellFP820.0 GB
Laptop GPUs
RTX 3050 Laptop 4 GB4 GBNot practicalQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 3050 Ti Laptop 4 GB4 GBNot practicalQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 2060 Laptop 6 GB6 GBOffload onlyQ4_K_M13.1 GB
RTX 3050 Laptop 6 GB6 GBOffload onlyQ4_K_M13.1 GB
RTX 3060 Laptop 6 GB6 GBOffload onlyQ4_K_M13.1 GB
RTX 4050 Laptop 6 GB6 GBOffload onlyQ4_K_M13.1 GB
RTX 2070 Laptop 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 2070 Super Laptop 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 2080 Laptop 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 2080 Super Laptop 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 3070 Laptop 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 3070 Ti Laptop 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 3080 Laptop 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 4060 Laptop 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 4070 Laptop 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 5050 Laptop 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 5060 Laptop 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 5070 Laptop 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RX 7600M 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RX 7600M XT 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RX 7600S 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RX 7700S 8 GB8 GBOffload onlyQ2_K9.0 GB
RTX 4080 Laptop 12 GB12 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
RTX 5070 Laptop 12 GB12 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
RTX 5070 Ti Laptop 12 GB12 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
RX 7800M 12 GB12 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
RTX 3080 Laptop 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RTX 3080 Ti Laptop 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RTX 4090 Laptop 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RTX 5080 Laptop 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RX 7900M 16 GB16 GBRunsQ6_K15.2 GB
RTX 5090 Laptop 24 GB24 GBRuns wellFP820.0 GB
Unified memory
Radeon 8060S (Strix Halo) 96 GB96 GBRuns well16-bit32.9 GB
Radeon 8065S (Gorgon Halo) 160 GB160 GBRuns well16-bit32.9 GB
Apple Silicon Macs (by memory)
Mac 16 GB12.7 GBTightQ3_K_M10.8 GB
Mac 18 GB14.4 GBRunsQ5_K_M14.1 GB
Mac 24 GB19.6 GBRuns wellQ8_018.3 GB
Mac 32 GB26.8 GBRuns wellQ8_018.3 GB
Mac 36 GB30.2 GBRuns wellQ8_018.3 GB
Mac 48 GB40.2 GBRuns well16-bit32.9 GB
Mac 64 GB55.7 GBRuns well16-bit32.9 GB
Mac 96 GB85 GBRuns well16-bit32.9 GB
Mac 128 GB115.4 GBRuns well16-bit32.9 GB
Mac 192 GB175.4 GBRuns well16-bit32.9 GB
Mac 256 GB236.9 GBRuns well16-bit32.9 GB
Mac 512 GB498.1 GBRuns well16-bit32.9 GB

05Text encoder, VAE and other files

FileFolderSizeWhen
T5-XXL FP8 (scaled)
t5xxl_fp8_e4m3fn_scaled.safetensors
models/text_encoders5.2 GBtext encoder · smaller, recommendedDownload →
T5-XXL FP16
t5xxl_fp16.safetensors
models/text_encoders9.8 GBtext encoder · alternativeDownload →
LTXV 13B 0.9.8 VAE (standalone, QuantStack)
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-VAE.safetensors
models/vae2.5 GBwith GGUF files · GGUF / diffusion-model-only routeDownload →

The files the official ComfyUI workflows load next to the model. Sizes read from Hugging Face (2026-10-01).

06Where the files go in ComfyUI

FileFolderLoader node
Diffusion model (.safetensors: 16-bit, FP8, INT8)ComfyUI/models/diffusion_modelsLoad Diffusion Model
GGUF file (.gguf)ComfyUI/models/unetUnet Loader (GGUF) - from the ComfyUI-GGUF node pack
Text encoderComfyUI/models/text_encodersLoad CLIP / DualCLIPLoader (or the GGUF versions)
VAEComfyUI/models/vaeLoad VAE

07Measured and reported results

No measured results yet. Send yours.

08Training a LoRA for LTX-Video 13B

No trainer documentation with a VRAM figure for this model was found yet. What the trainers say for other models →

09Every file tracked for LTX-Video 13B

FileTypeSizeRepo
ltxv-13b-0.9.8-distilled.safetensors (distilled)16-bit28.58 GBLightricks/LTX-Video →
ltxv-13b-0.9.8-dev.safetensors (dev)16-bit28.58 GBLightricks/LTX-Video →
ltxv-13b-0.9.8-distilled-fp8.safetensors (distilled)FP815.69 GBLightricks/LTX-Video →
ltxv-13b-0.9.8-dev-fp8.safetensors (dev)FP815.69 GBLightricks/LTX-Video →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-Q8_0.gguf (dev)Q8_014.01 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-Q6_K.gguf (dev)Q6_K10.89 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-Q5_K_M.gguf (dev)Q5_K_M9.82 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-Q5_K_S.gguf (dev)Q5_K_S9.18 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-Q4_K_M.gguf (dev)Q4_K_M8.82 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-Q4_K_S.gguf (dev)Q4_K_S7.98 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-Q3_K_M.gguf (dev)Q3_K_M6.51 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-Q3_K_S.gguf (dev)Q3_K_S5.86 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-Q2_K.gguf (dev)Q2_K4.72 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-dev-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-Q8_0.gguf (distilled)Q8_014.01 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-Q6_K.gguf (distilled)Q6_K10.89 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-Q5_K_M.gguf (distilled)Q5_K_M9.82 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-Q5_K_S.gguf (distilled)Q5_K_S9.18 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-Q4_K_M.gguf (distilled)Q4_K_M8.82 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-Q4_K_S.gguf (distilled)Q4_K_S7.98 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-Q3_K_M.gguf (distilled)Q3_K_M6.51 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-Q3_K_S.gguf (distilled)Q3_K_S5.86 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-GGUF →
LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-Q2_K.gguf (distilled)Q2_K4.72 GBQuantStack/LTXV-13B-0.9.8-distilled-GGUF →

Text encoder T5-XXL. Legacy line - superseded by LTX-2 / 2.3 / 2.5 (audio+video).