How to Pick the Best Flux Models for YOU and Use in Forge UI

Flux Forge UI Tutorial covering my current pick of the best Flux models available, and the fundamental understanding and considerations, to choose and use the right model, for YOUR specific needs and hardware specs.

The focus of this video, is aimed squarely at helping you understand the factors to consider, for choosing the best Flux models for YOU, so that you can save time, and find the sweet spot, between image quality and generation speed.


LINKS:

Dev FP16
Model-Only, File = flux1-dev.safetensors
https://huggingface.co/black-forest-l...

Dev FP8
Model-Only, File = flux1-dev-fp8-e4m3fn.safetensors
https://huggingface.co/Kijai/flux-fp8...

Dev FP8
AIO, File = flux1-dev-fp8.safetensors
https://huggingface.co/Comfy-Org/flux...

Dev GUFF Q8
Model-Only, File = flux1-dev-Q8_0.gguf
https://huggingface.co/city96/FLUX.1-...

Dev GUFF Q4
Model-Only, File = flux1-dev-Q4_0.gguf
https://huggingface.co/city96/FLUX.1-...

Dev NF4 v2
AIO, File = flux1-dev-bnb-nf4-v2.safetensors
https://huggingface.co/lllyasviel/flu...

Schnell FP16
Model-Only, File = flux1-schnell.safetensors
https://huggingface.co/black-forest-l...

Schnell FP8
Model-Only, File = flux1-schnell-fp8-e4m3fn.safetensors
https://huggingface.co/Kijai/flux-fp8...

Schnell FP8
AIO, File = flux1-schnell-fp8.safetensors
https://huggingface.co/Comfy-Org/flux...

Schnell GUFF Q8
Model-Only, File = flux1-schnell-Q8_0.gguf
https://huggingface.co/city96/FLUX.1-...

Schnell GUFF Q4
Model-Only, File = flux1-schnell-Q4_0.gguf
https://huggingface.co/city96/FLUX.1-...

Schnell NF4
AIO, File = nf4Flux1_schnellNF4Bnb.safetensors
https://civitai.com/models/638572/nf4...

VAE
File = ae.safetensors
https://huggingface.co/black-forest-l...

CLIP Text Encoder
File clip_l.safetensors
https://huggingface.co/comfyanonymous...

T5 Text Encoder
FP8, File = t5xxl_fp8_e4m3fn.safetensors
https://huggingface.co/comfyanonymous...

T5 Text Encoder
FP16, File = t5xxl_fp16.safetensors
https://huggingface.co/comfyanonymous...


PATHS:

Save Models in:
Forge\webui\models\Stable-diffusion

Save VAE in:
Forge\webui\models\VAE

Save CLIP and T5 Text Encoders in:
Forge\webui\models\text_encoder


CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Pick the Best Flux Models for You and Use in Forge UI
00:32 My Current Best Flux Model Picks
01:27 Flux Dev vs Flux Schnell Pros and Cons
04:31 Flux Model Size vs GPU VRAM, RAM, Virtual Memory
08:05 Flux ‘All-In-One’ vs Flux ‘Model-Only’
10:47 Download and Save Flux Model, VAE, CLIP, T5
13:22 Selecting Flux Model, VAE, CLIP, T5 in Forge UI


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