Setting up Z-Image Turbo in ComfyUI

Demo summary
A walkthrough of loading the Z-Image Turbo JSON workflow into ComfyUI, updating the manager, and selecting the required text encoder and VAE models.
Step-by-step
- Open ComfyUI and click on Manager.
- Click Update ComfyUI to ensure the latest version is installed.
- Restart ComfyUI and confirm the action.
- Drag and drop the downloaded JSON workflow file onto the interface.
- Download the Quen 34B text encoder, the Z-image diffusion model, and the AE.safetensors VAE file.
- Place the downloaded files into their respective folders: models/text_encoders, models/diffusion_models, and models/vae.
- Press R in ComfyUI to refresh the models list.
- Select the downloaded models from the dropdown menus in the workflow nodes.
Watch out for
- You must have the latest version of ComfyUI to support Z-image.
- The Quen 34B file is approximately 7.5 GB and the Z-image model is 11.4 GB.
Tips
- The 11.4 GB diffusion model can fit within 12 GB of VRAM or lower using offloading.
Highlights
“everything is pre-built for you already, and it's actually very simple”
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