Qwen-Image-Edit (2511) on 16 GB of VRAM
Not at full quality. The 16-bit and 8-bit files are too big for 16 GB; the largest that fits is Q3_K_M (9.9 GB). The editing version of Qwen-Image, release 2511. Same 20B size and the same text encoder as Qwen-Image.
Take Q3_K_M (9.9 GB). In use it comes to about 12.9 GB, with 3.1 GB left over on 16 GB. Quality: noticeable loss of detail. For better quality, Q4_K_M (13.2 GB) also runs, with about 0.2 GB spilling into system RAM - a little slower, still practical.
Also try the FP8 file (20.5 GB) on NVIDIA GPUs. It does not fit entirely, but a current ComfyUI streams the overflow from RAM and native 8-bit files often beat a small GGUF that does fit. Dynamic VRAM →
01Other amounts of VRAM
02Every file, on 16 GB
| File | Size | Needed | On this card | Quality | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-bit SAFETENSORS · Comfy-Org | 40.9 GB | 43.9 GB | 27.9 GB too big | the original weights | Hugging Face → |
| Q8_0 GGUF · unsloth | 21.8 GB | 24.8 GB | 8.8 GB too big | practically identical to the original | Hugging Face → |
| FP8 SAFETENSORS · Comfy-Org | 20.5 GB | 23.5 GB | 7.5 GB too big | practically identical to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q6_K GGUF · unsloth | 16.9 GB | 19.9 GB | 3.9 GB too big | very close to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q5_K_M GGUF · unsloth | 15.0 GB | 18.0 GB | 2.0 GB too big | close; small differences in fine detail | Hugging Face → |
| Q4_K_M GGUF · unsloth | 13.2 GB | 16.2 GB | spills 0.2 GB | good; some loss in fine detail and text | Hugging Face → |
| Q3_K_M ← GGUF · unsloth | 9.9 GB | 12.9 GB | fits · 3.1 GB spare | noticeable loss of detail | Hugging Face → |
| Q2_K GGUF · unsloth | 7.5 GB | 10.5 GB | fits · 5.5 GB spare | heavy loss; a last resort | Hugging Face → |
“Needed” adds 2.2 GB of working memory for Qwen-Image-Edit and a 0.8 GB reserve. Sizes 2026-10-01.
03What to download
| Part | File | Folder | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | qwen-image-edit-2511-Q3_K_M.gguf Q3_K_M · unsloth/Qwen-Image-Edit-2511-GGUF | models/unet | 9.9 GB | Download → |
| Text encoder | qwen_2.5_vl_7b_fp8_scaled.safetensors Qwen2.5-VL 7B FP8 · Comfy-Org/Qwen-Image_ComfyUI | models/text_encoders | 9.4 GB | Download → |
| VAE | qwen_image_vae.safetensors Qwen-Image VAE · Comfy-Org/Qwen-Image_ComfyUI | models/vae | 0.3 GB | Download → |
| Total download · keep about the same free on disk | 19.6 GB | |||
Alternatives: Qwen2.5-VL 7B BF16 (16.6 GB). Sizes from Hugging Face, 2026-10-01.
Free ComfyUI workflow, tested on my RTX 5060 Ti: GGUF Q4_K_M + 4-step LoRA workflow (.json). Drag the file into ComfyUI. All workflows →