Qwen-Image 2.1 on Rockchip RK3588 / RK3588S (32 GB)

Can the Rockchip RK3588 / RK3588S (32 GB) run Qwen-Image 2.1?

Barely: it runs very slowly (tight fit · CPU offload)

Very slow (tight fit · CPU offload). At Q8 GGUF it needs about 27.2 GB of 28.8 GB usable and takes about 3.7 h per image.

Best precision: Q8 GGUF
Memory mode: Sequential CPU offload
Time per image: 3.7 h
Output: 2048×2048, 40 steps

Best app to run it on the Rockchip RK3588 / RK3588S (32 GB)

On Linux on ARM boards

ComfyUI

Desktop app · runs on PyTorch (ComfyUI), GGUF via ComfyUI-GGUF

Runs this model with built-in or popular custom nodes; GGUF files load with ComfyUI-GGUF.

Get ComfyUI

How we choose: the files published for this model, your operating system and GPU, whether it fits fully in memory, and published speed tests (MLX vs llama.cpp on Apple silicon, vLLM vs llama.cpp vs Ollama on NVIDIA). Details.

Download Qwen-Image 2.1

Recommended for the Rockchip RK3588 / RK3588S (32 GB): q8_gguf. Every other precision has its own download link in the table below.

Quantized files · GGUF for ComfyUI

Smaller GGUF versions for ComfyUI (with the ComfyUI-GGUF node). No sign-in needed; the model’s license still applies.

Download the q8_gguf (Q8_0) file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/unsloth/Qwen-Image-2.1-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from Alibaba, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers, Diffusers or ComfyUI.

huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1 (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Official repo · GitHub

Reference code, inference scripts and docs from Alibaba. The weights themselves download from Hugging Face.

github.com/QwenLM/Qwen-Image-2.1 (opens in a new tab)

git clone https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen-Image-2.1

Links checked 3 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 66/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.: How capable the model itself is at Q8 GGUF, from its editorial quality tier scaled by the quantization or precision. It’s the same on any hardware that runs this variant. Scale: A+ 85+ · A 70+ · B 55+ · C 40+ · D under 40.
Runs Very slowtight fit · CPU offload: How well it runs on the Rockchip RK3588 / RK3588S (32 GB): speed, capped by how well it fits in memory. Runs great: 30+ tokens/s (or near the image, video or decision speed target) · Runs well: 10+ tokens/s · Slow: 3+ tokens/s · Very slow: under 3 · Won’t run: doesn’t fit even with offload. A tight fit or RAM offload caps it at Runs well; heavy offload caps it at Slow.

Match score

To order lists, each result also gets a match score out of 100 from four parts. It favors the most capable model that still runs well.

Model qualityEditorial quality tier of the model, scaled by the quantization or precision used.	41.4 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when the model fits in the share of unified memory the GPU can use; fewer when it goes past that limit.	10.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.	0.4 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.	15.0 / 15
Match score	66.8 / 100

The match score orders results; it is not shown as a grade. Quality and Runs are the two ratings in the tables.

Every precision on the Rockchip RK3588 / RK3588S (32 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Memory mode	Runs	Quality	Download
`FP16`	29.5 GB	28.8 GB	—	—	Won't run	93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 12/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Original weights (opens in a new tab)
`FP8`	27.0 GB	28.8 GB	2.9 h	Sequential CPU offload	Very slowtight fit · CPU offload	91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 66/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Original weights (opens in a new tab)
`Q8 GGUF`	27.2 GB	28.8 GB	3.7 h	Sequential CPU offload	Very slowtight fit · CPU offload	92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 66/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q4 GGUF`	26.0 GB	28.8 GB	3.8 h	Sequential CPU offload	Very slowtight fit · CPU offload	86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 64/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)

Other hardware that runs it

91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell FP8 · 40 s · Runs well
91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA H100 80GB SXM FP8 · 38 s · Runs well
91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA H800 80GB SXM FP8 · 38 s · Runs well
91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper (96 GB GPU) FP8 · 38 s · Runs well
93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA B200 FP16 · 37 s · Runs well
91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA H200 141GB SXM FP8 · 38 s · Runs well

Quick answers

How much memory does Qwen-Image 2.1 need on the Rockchip RK3588 / RK3588S 32GB?

At Q8 GGUF it needs about 27.2 GB. The Rockchip RK3588 / RK3588S 32GB has 28.8 GB usable.

How long does Qwen-Image 2.1 take on the Rockchip RK3588 / RK3588S 32GB?

About 3.7 h per image at Q8 GGUF and default settings, an estimate scaled from a reference timing by this hardware’s compute speed.

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.