Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3B on 20 GB of VRAM
Yes. 16-bit fits on 20 GB with 14.4 GB to spare. The small Wan: 1.3B parameters, 2.8 GB at full precision. Its text encoder is four times bigger than the model itself.
Runs well
Yes, with room to spare.
16-bit (2.8 GB) needs about 5.6 GB in use, so 14.4 GB of the 20 GB stays free: room for a larger image, a LoRA or a ControlNet.
Best file16-bit
File size2.8 GB
VRAM needed~5.6 GB
System RAM16 GB+
Memory map · 20 GB GPU5.6 GB / 20 GB
010 GB20 GB
Weights 16-bit · 2.8 GBWorking memory · 2.0 GBReserve · 0.8 GBFree · 14.4 GB
calculated How this is counted.
01What to download
| Part | File | Folder | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | wan2.1_t2v_1.3B_fp16.safetensors 16-bit · Comfy-Org/Wan_2.1_ComfyUI_repackaged | models/diffusion_models | 2.8 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 | 9.8 GB | |||
Alternatives: UMT5-XXL FP16 (11.4 GB). Sizes from Hugging Face, 2026-10-01.
02Every file, on 20 GB
| File | Size | Needed | On this card | Quality | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-bit ← SAFETENSORS · Comfy-Org | 2.8 GB | 5.6 GB | fits · 14.4 GB spare | the original weights | Hugging Face → |
| Q8_0 GGUF · samuelchristlie | 1.5 GB | 4.3 GB | fits · 15.7 GB spare | practically identical to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q6_K GGUF · samuelchristlie | 1.2 GB | 4.0 GB | fits · 16.0 GB spare | very close to the original | Hugging Face → |
| Q5_K_M GGUF · samuelchristlie | 1.1 GB | 3.9 GB | fits · 16.1 GB spare | close; small differences in fine detail | Hugging Face → |
| Q4_K_M GGUF · samuelchristlie | 1.0 GB | 3.8 GB | fits · 16.2 GB spare | good; some loss in fine detail and text | Hugging Face → |
| Q3_K_M GGUF · samuelchristlie | 0.7 GB | 3.5 GB | fits · 16.5 GB spare | noticeable loss of detail | Hugging Face → |
“Needed” adds 2 GB of working memory for Wan 2.1 1.3B and a 0.8 GB reserve. Sizes 2026-10-01.