How much VRAM does LTX-2.3 (22B, with audio) need?

LTX-2.3 (22B, with audio) is a video generation model by Lightricks (22B; text encoder: Gemma 3 12B). Generates video and audio together; high compression suits longer clips.

25.2 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)44.0 GB46.8 GB
all in VRAM 59.8 GB
48.1 GB
all in VRAM 61.1 GB
FP8 (half size, near-lossless)22.4 GB25.2 GB
all in VRAM 38.2 GB
26.5 GB
all in VRAM 39.5 GB
GGUF Q8_0 (similar to FP8)23.5 GB26.3 GB
all in VRAM 39.3 GB
27.6 GB
all in VRAM 40.6 GB
GGUF Q4_K_S (popular low-VRAM choice)13.2 GB16.0 GB
all in VRAM 29.0 GB
17.3 GB
all in VRAM 30.3 GB
GGUF Q3_K_S (lower quality)10.3 GB13.1 GB
all in VRAM 26.1 GB
14.4 GB
all in VRAM 27.4 GB

Bold = VRAM needed when ComfyUI swaps the text encoder and the model. "All in VRAM" = keeping both loaded. Text encoder assumed at FP8.

GPUs that run LTX-2.3 (22B, with audio) (18 GPUs, 480p, 5 s)

GPUVRAMBest precisionVRAM neededVerdictBuy
RTX 4060 Ti 16GB previous gen16 GBGGUF Q3_K_S13.1 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 7600 XT previous gen16 GBGGUF Q3_K_S13.1 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB16 GBGGUF Q3_K_S13.1 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB16 GBGGUF Q3_K_S13.1 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 6800 previous gen16 GBGGUF Q3_K_S13.1 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 7800 XT previous gen16 GBGGUF Q3_K_S13.1 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 9070 XT16 GBGGUF Q3_K_S13.1 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 907016 GBGGUF Q3_K_S13.1 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER previous gen16 GBGGUF Q3_K_S13.1 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4080 previous gen16 GBGGUF Q3_K_S13.1 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4080 SUPER previous gen16 GBGGUF Q3_K_S13.1 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 5070 Ti16 GBGGUF Q3_K_S13.1 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 508016 GBGGUF Q3_K_S13.1 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 7900 XT previous gen20 GBGGUF Q4_K_S16.0 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 3090 previous gen24 GBGGUF Q4_K_S16.0 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
Radeon RX 7900 XTX previous gen24 GBGGUF Q4_K_S16.0 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 4090 previous gen24 GBGGUF Q4_K_S16.0 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck price
RTX 509032 GBFP825.2 GB○ Runs with model swappingCheck 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).