How much VRAM does FLUX.2 [klein] 9B need?

FLUX.2 [klein] 9B is an image generation model by Black Forest Labs (9B; text encoder: Qwen3-8B). Higher quality than the 4B; officially about 29 GB of VRAM (RTX 4090 and up).

10.4 GBVRAM needed at FP8, 1024×1024 (with model swapping)

Change precision, resolution →

VRAM by precision and resolution

PrecisionModel size1024×10241536×1536
BF16 / FP16 (uncompressed)18.0 GB19.3 GB
all in VRAM 28.1 GB
20.2 GB
all in VRAM 29.0 GB
FP8 (half size, near-lossless)9.2 GB10.4 GB
all in VRAM 19.3 GB
11.3 GB
all in VRAM 20.2 GB
GGUF Q8_0 (similar to FP8)9.6 GB10.9 GB
all in VRAM 19.7 GB
11.8 GB
all in VRAM 20.6 GB
GGUF Q4_K_S (popular low-VRAM choice)5.4 GB8.9 GB
all in VRAM 15.5 GB
8.9 GB
all in VRAM 16.4 GB

Bold = VRAM needed when ComfyUI swaps the text encoder and the model. "All in VRAM" = keeping both loaded. Text encoder assumed at FP8. Official: about 29 GB of VRAM (RTX 4090 and up) (measured with the official implementation).

GPUs that run FLUX.2 [klein] 9B (26 GPUs, 1024×1024)

GPUVRAMBest precisionVRAM neededVerdictBuy
RTX 3080 (10GB) previous gen10 GBGGUF Q4_K_S8.9 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 2080 Ti previous gen11 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 3060 12GB previous gen12 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 6700 XT previous gen12 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Intel Arc B58012 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4070 Ti previous gen12 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4070 / SUPER previous gen12 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 507012 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4060 Ti 16GB previous gen16 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 7600 XT previous gen16 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB16 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB16 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 6800 previous gen16 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 7800 XT previous gen16 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 9070 XT16 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 907016 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER previous gen16 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4080 previous gen16 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4080 SUPER previous gen16 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 5070 Ti16 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 508016 GBFP810.4 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 7900 XT previous gen20 GBBF16 / FP1619.3 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 3090 previous gen24 GBBF16 / FP1619.3 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 7900 XTX previous gen24 GBBF16 / FP1619.3 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4090 previous gen24 GBBF16 / FP1619.3 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 509032 GBBF16 / FP1619.3 GB◎ Fits entirely in VRAMCheck price

ComfyUI also runs on AMD Radeon (ROCm) and Intel Arc, but setup is harder than on NVIDIA and some features (such as FP8 acceleration) are not supported.

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Other image & video models

→ Image & Video AI VRAM Calculator (all 15 models) / Local LLM VRAM Calculator

Estimates for ComfyUI, about ±20%. Model specs from the publisher's config files and released file sizes (checked October 2026).