What you need to run Wan 2.2 14B

About Wan 2.2 14B

Wan 2.2 14B is a video generation model from Alibaba. Best open video quality, but heavy. Running it locally needs about 32 GB of memory.

Smallest Mac that runs it

The least memory you need, by Apple chip:

• M1: does not fit
• M1 Pro: does not fit
• M1 Max: from 64 GB
• M1 Ultra: from 64 GB
• M2: does not fit
• M2 Pro: does not fit
• M2 Max: from 64 GB
• M2 Ultra: from 64 GB
• M3: does not fit
• M3 Pro: does not fit
• M3 Max: from 48 GB
• M3 Ultra: from 96 GB
• M4: does not fit
• M4 Pro: from 48 GB
• M4 Max: from 48 GB
• M5: does not fit
• M5 Pro: from 48 GB
• M5 Max: from 48 GB

Graphics cards

No single desktop graphics card runs it well. Runs slowly with help from system RAM on: RTX 5090.

Hardware to run it

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• Smallest Mac: M5 Max with 48 GB. See it on Amazon
• No single desktop graphics card runs it well.
• Storage: image, video and voice models are large, and most people end up keeping several. A fast external SSD keeps your main drive free. See SSDs on Amazon

Lighter and heavier alternatives

• Wan 2.2 5B: needs about 16 GB, a lighter choice. Text or image to video on a single consumer GPU.
• LTX-2.3: needs about 24 GB, a lighter choice. Short clips with real camera motion. Detail is soft at low settings.

Questions