How much VRAM does HunyuanVideo 1.5 need?

HunyuanVideo 1.5 is a video generation model by Tencent (8.3B; text encoder: Qwen2.5-VL-7B + byT5). High quality at only 8.3B parameters.

12.2 GBVRAM needed at FP8, 480p, 5 s (with model swapping)

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VRAM by precision and resolution

PrecisionModel size480p, 5 s720p, 5 s
BF16 / FP16 (uncompressed)16.6 GB20.3 GB
all in VRAM 29.5 GB
22.7 GB
all in VRAM 31.9 GB
FP8 (half size, near-lossless)8.5 GB12.2 GB
all in VRAM 21.3 GB
14.6 GB
all in VRAM 23.8 GB
GGUF Q8_0 (similar to FP8)8.9 GB12.6 GB
all in VRAM 21.7 GB
15.0 GB
all in VRAM 24.2 GB
GGUF Q4_K_S (popular low-VRAM choice)5.0 GB9.2 GB
all in VRAM 17.8 GB
11.1 GB
all in VRAM 20.3 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: minimum 14 GB (with model offloading) (measured with the official implementation).

GPUs that run HunyuanVideo 1.5 (26 GPUs, 480p, 5 s)

GPUVRAMBest precisionVRAM neededVerdictBuy
RTX 3080 (10GB) previous gen10 GBGGUF Q4_K_S9.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 2080 Ti previous gen11 GBGGUF Q4_K_S9.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 3060 12GB previous gen12 GBGGUF Q4_K_S9.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 6700 XT previous gen12 GBGGUF Q4_K_S9.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Intel Arc B58012 GBGGUF Q4_K_S9.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4070 Ti previous gen12 GBGGUF Q4_K_S9.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4070 / SUPER previous gen12 GBGGUF Q4_K_S9.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 507012 GBGGUF Q4_K_S9.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4060 Ti 16GB previous gen16 GBFP812.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 7600 XT previous gen16 GBFP812.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB16 GBFP812.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB16 GBFP812.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 6800 previous gen16 GBFP812.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 7800 XT previous gen16 GBFP812.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 9070 XT16 GBFP812.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 907016 GBFP812.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER previous gen16 GBFP812.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4080 previous gen16 GBFP812.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4080 SUPER previous gen16 GBFP812.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 5070 Ti16 GBFP812.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 508016 GBFP812.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 7900 XT previous gen20 GBFP812.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 3090 previous gen24 GBBF16 / FP1620.3 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 7900 XTX previous gen24 GBBF16 / FP1620.3 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4090 previous gen24 GBBF16 / FP1620.3 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 509032 GBBF16 / FP1620.3 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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Estimates for ComfyUI, about ±20%. Model specs from the publisher's config files and released file sizes (checked October 2026).