Model reference · open weights
CogVideoX-I2V is an open-weight video model from zai-org. CogVideoX-5b-I2V (BF16) weighs 21.6 GB; the smallest configuration that runs it is RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB.
Summary of the zai-org/CogVideoX-5b-I2V model card, 2026-10-01
What it is
| Released by | zai-org |
|---|---|
| Released | 2024-09-16 |
| Parameters | 5.6B |
| VRAM | 21.6 GB for the weights |
What it runs on
| Card | Weights | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| RTX 3060 12 GB | does not fit | 11.6 GB |
| RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB | fits (encoders offloaded) | 15.4 GB |
| RTX 3090 24 GB | tight | 23.4 GB |
| RTX 4090 24 GB | tight | 23.4 GB |
| RTX 5090 32 GB | fits | 31.0 GB |
| L40S 48 GB | fits | 44.0 GB |
| A100 80 GB | fits | 78.2 GB |
| H100 80 GB | fits | 78.1 GB |
| RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GB | fits | 93.8 GB |
| DGX Spark (GB10) 128 GB unified | fits | 107 GB |
| H200 141 GB | fits | 138 GB |
| B200 180 GB | fits | 176 GB |
From the model card
📍 Visit Qingying and API Platform for the commercial version of the video generation model
CogVideoX is an open-source video generation model originating from Qingying. The table below presents information related to the video generation models we offer in this version.
Data Explanation
pipe.enable_sequential_cpu_offload()
pipe.vae.enable_slicing()
pipe.vae.enable_tiling()
enable_sequential_cpu_offload() optimization needs to be disabled.FP16 precision, and all CogVideoX-5B models were trained in BF16 precision.
We recommend using the precision in which the model was trained for inference.torch.compile, which can significantly improve inference speed. FP8 precision must be used on
devices with NVIDIA H100 and above, requiring source installation of torch, torchao, diffusers, and accelerate
Python packages. CUDA 12.4 is recommended.diffusers version of the model supports quantization.8 * H100 environment, and the program automatically
uses Zero 2 optimization. If a specific number of GPUs is marked in the table, that number or more GPUs must be used
for fine-tuning.Reminders
This model supports deployment using the Hugging Face diffusers library. You can follow the steps below to get started.
We recommend that you visit our GitHub to check out prompt optimization and conversion to get a better experience.
# diffusers>=0.30.3
# transformers>=0.44.2
# accelerate>=0.34.0
# imageio-ffmpeg>=0.5.1
pip install --upgrade transformers accelerate diffusers imageio-ffmpeg
import torch
from diffusers import CogVideoXImageToVideoPipeline
from diffusers.utils import export_to_video, load_image
prompt = "A little girl is riding a bicycle at high speed. Focused, detailed, realistic."
image = load_image(image="input.jpg")
pipe = CogVideoXImageToVideoPipeline.from_pretrained(
"THUDM/CogVideoX-5b-I2V",
torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16
)
pipe.enable_sequential_cpu_offload()
pipe.vae.enable_tiling()
pipe.vae.enable_slicing()
video = pipe(
prompt=prompt,
image=image,
num_videos_per_prompt=1,
num_inference_steps=50,
num_frames=49,
guidance_scale=6,
generator=torch.Generator(device="cuda").manual_seed(42),
).frames[0]
export_to_video(video, "output.mp4", fps=8)
PytorchAO and Optimum-quanto can be
used to quantize the text encoder, transformer, and VAE modules to reduce CogVideoX's memory requirements. This allows
the model to run on free T4 Colab or GPUs with lower VRAM! Also, note that TorchAO quantization is fully compatible
with torch.compile, which can significantly accelerate inference.
# To get started, PytorchAO needs to be installed from the GitHub source and PyTorch Nightly.
# Source and nightly installation is only required until the next release.
import torch
from diffusers import AutoencoderKLCogVideoX, CogVideoXTransformer3DModel, CogVideoXImageToVideoPipeline
from diffusers.utils import export_to_video, load_image
from transformers import T5EncoderModel
from torchao.quantization import quantize_, int8_weight_only
quantization = int8_weight_only
text_encoder = T5EncoderModel.from_pretrained("THUDM/CogVideoX-5b-I2V", subfolder="text_encoder", torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16)
quantize_(text_encoder, quantization())
transformer = CogVideoXTransformer3DModel.from_pretrained("THUDM/CogVideoX-5b-I2V",subfolder="transformer", torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16)
quantize_(transformer, quantization())
vae = AutoencoderKLCogVideoX.from_pretrained("THUDM/CogVideoX-5b-I2V", subfolder="vae", torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16)
quantize_(vae, quantization())
# Create pipeline and run inference
pipe = CogVideoXImageToVideoPipeline.from_pretrained(
"THUDM/CogVideoX-5b-I2V",
text_encoder=text_encoder,
transformer=transformer,
vae=vae,
torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
)
pipe.enable_model_cpu_offload()
pipe.vae.enable_tiling()
pipe.vae.enable_slicing()
prompt = "A little girl is riding a bicycle at high speed. FocuseQuoted from the model card on Hugging Face. The full card is behind the Hugging Face link above.
Running it yourself
Rent a machine by the hour. Runs as it is with diffusers, on the machine, in Python.
# on your rented machine: pip install diffusers transformers accelerate ftfy
import torch
from diffusers import DiffusionPipeline
from diffusers.utils import export_to_video
pipe = DiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained("zai-org/CogVideoX-5b-I2V", torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16).to("cuda")
frames = pipe(prompt="a drone shot over a forest at sunrise").frames[0]
export_to_video(frames, "/workspace/out.mp4", fps=16)