Model reference · open weights
novaAnimeXL_ilV140 is an open-weight image model from frankjoshua. novaAnimeXL_ilV140 (FP16) weighs 6.9 GB; the smallest configuration that runs it is RTX 3060 12 GB.
What it is
| Released by | frankjoshua |
|---|---|
| Type | Image models |
| Task | Text→image |
| Parameters (lead) | 2.6B |
| Runs with | diffusers |
| Released | 2025-12-13 |
| Popularity | 203k downloads / month |
| Weights | 6.9 GB (novaAnimeXL_ilV140 (FP16), file size) |
| Licence | Licence not stated |
What it runs on
Weights 6.9 GB (file size) · its biggest part 5.1 GB · working memory for one 1024×1024 image about 5.0 GB · overhead about 537 MB.
| Card | One 1024×1024 image | Counted memory |
|---|---|---|
| RTX 3060 12 GB | tight (encoders offloaded) | 11.6 GB |
| RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB | fits | 15.4 GB |
| RTX 3090 24 GB | fits | 23.4 GB |
| RTX 4090 24 GB | fits | 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 |
Estimates, not measurements: the weights are the build's file size; one 1024×1024 image needs about 5 GB of working memory (larger images more); "encoders offloaded" means only the biggest part is on the card at once — diffusers' model offload, or ComfyUI unloading the text encoder. diffusers can also place a pipeline's parts on separate cards (device_map) — not estimated here. Counted memory is 92 % of what CUDA reports for the card.
Running it yourself
Rent a machine by the hour — ComfyUI is installed on it. Open ComfyUI through the tunnel: its default workflow loads a checkpoint — choose this model's file in Load Checkpoint, with the settings its model card gives.
# on your rented machine: pip install diffusers transformers accelerate
import torch
from diffusers import DiffusionPipeline
pipe = DiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained("frankjoshua/novaAnimeXL_ilV140", torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16).to("cuda")
image = pipe(prompt="a red bicycle on a cobbled street").images[0]
image.save("/workspace/out.png")# on your rented machine (the ssh line is on its page in the console)
# get REPO FILE FOLDER: one file into /workspace/models/FOLDER, where ComfyUI loads it from
get() { hf download "$1" "$2" --local-dir /workspace/hf-files && mkdir -p "/workspace/models/$3" && mv "/workspace/hf-files/$2" "/workspace/models/$3/$4"; }
# the model (6.5 GB)
get frankjoshua/novaAnimeXL_ilV140 novaAnimeXL_ilV140.safetensors checkpoints
start-comfyui# on your computer, in a second terminal: ComfyUI in your browser at http://localhost:8188
# HOST and PORT are your machine's, from its page in the console
ssh -L 8188:localhost:8188 dev@HOST -p PORT