Wan 2.1 T2V 14B 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 Q5_K_M (11.3 GB). Alibaba's 14B text-to-video model. Figures assume a short clip at 480p; higher resolution and more frames need more memory.
Q5_K_M (11.3 GB) fits with only 0.4 GB to spare (about 15.6 GB of 16 GB). Quality: close; small differences in fine detail. For better quality, Q6_K (12.5 GB) also runs, with about 0.8 GB spilling into system RAM - a little slower, still practical.
Also try the FP8 file (14.3 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 →
Using Kijai's WanVideoWrapper instead of the native nodes? Its WanVideo BlockSwap node keeps part of the model in system RAM. To run the FP8 file (14.3 GB) on 16 GB, start with blocks_to_swap ≈ 9 (of 40). Each block is about 0.4 GB; raise the number if you still run out of memory, lower it for speed. estimate WanVideoWrapper →
01What to download
| Part | File | Folder | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | wan2.1-t2v-14b-Q5_K_M.gguf Q5_K_M · city96/Wan2.1-T2V-14B-gguf | models/unet | 11.3 GB | Download → |
| Text encoder | umt5_xxl_fp8_e4m3fn_scaled.safetensors UMT5-XXL FP8 (scaled) · Comfy-Org/Wan_2.1_ComfyUI_repackaged | models/text_encoders | 6.7 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 | 18.3 GB | |||
Alternatives: UMT5-XXL FP16 (11.4 GB). Sizes from Hugging Face, 2026-10-01.
02Every file, on 16 GB
| File | Size | Needed | On this card | Quality | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-bit SAFETENSORS · Comfy-Org | 28.6 GB | 32.9 GB | 16.9 GB too big | the original weights | Hugging Face → |
| Q8_0 GGUF · city96 | 15.9 GB | 20.2 GB | 4.2 GB too big | practically identical to the original | Hugging Face → |
| FP8 SAFETENSORS · Comfy-Org | 14.3 GB | 18.6 GB | 2.6 GB too big | practically identical to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q6_K GGUF · city96 | 12.5 GB | 16.8 GB | spills 0.8 GB | very close to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q5_K_M ← GGUF · city96 | 11.3 GB | 15.6 GB | fits · 0.4 GB spare | close; small differences in fine detail | Hugging Face → |
| Q4_K_M GGUF · city96 | 10.1 GB | 14.4 GB | fits · 1.6 GB spare | good; some loss in fine detail and text | Hugging Face → |
| Q3_K_M GGUF · city96 | 7.6 GB | 11.9 GB | fits · 4.1 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.