Z-IMAGE BASE THE NEW AI KING FINALLY HERE! < 8GB VRAM REQUIRED! V2
UPDATE 7 february 2026:
Hey everyone! I just released a new video update for the V2 Workflow that you can watch here: https://youtu.be/PAh870We7tI
In this update I added a ControlNet workflow for better pose and composition control, a Detailer Daemon pass to crank the micro details even higher, AND THE 8 STEPS LORA that allows you to generate images in 8 steps instead of 25!
Just use the Z-IMAGE_BASE_ULTRA-MODELS-NODES_INSTALL-V2.bat installer, put it in your comfyui folder, run it to install the missing nodes and files, then update comfyui to the latest version with the update comfyui bat file inside the update folder then download the the updated workflow from this post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/z-image-base-new-149607616
drop it into your ComfyUI folder and you’re ready to go 😉
Hey everyone! I've created a 1-click installer for THE NEW TEXT TO IMAGE AI KING BASE MODEL called “Z-IMAGE”. The BIG difference compared to Z-IMAGE-TURBO is that this is the BASE model, that has amazing image image diversity and styles, meaning that real finetuning and training is now possible, so the community can finally cook up new LoRAs, styles, characters and insane custom versions while running with LESS THAN 8GB OF VRAM! JUST INSANE!
You can check out the video right here: https://youtu.be/9EeCWOJvLOw
The workflow: https://www.patreon.com/posts/149607616
The installer of course automates the entire install process for comfyUI and the models downloads!
LOCAL INSTALL!!! RECOMMENDED TO START FROM SCRATCH
Download the Z-IMAGE_BASE_ULTRA-COMFYUI-MANAGER_AUTO_INSTALL-V2.bat
Run the bat file
Wait for the install to finish
The webui will launch, load the Z-IMAGE_BASE_ULTRA_WORKFLOW-V2.json file and there you go😎
DON'T FORGET TO GO UPDATE COMFYUI BY GOING INSIDE THE UPDATE FOLDER AND RUNNING THE COMFYUI UPDATE BAT FILE!!!!
IF YOU ALREADY HAVE COMFYUI INSTALLED USING A PREVIOUS INSTALLER:
Download the Z-IMAGE_BASE_ULTRA-MODELS-NODES_INSTALL-V2.bat and place it in the ComfyUI_windows_portable\ComfyUI folder
Run the bat file
Wait for the install to finish
???
Profit 😎
IF YOU GET AN ERROR WHEN LAUNCHING COMFYUI AFTER USING THIS INSTALLER SAYING "AssertionError: Torch not compiled with CUDA enabled" it's ok don't panic.
Just go inside the python embedded folder, click on the folder path, type cmd press enter, this will bring the command prompt window and there type:
python.exe -m pip uninstall torch
python.exe -s -m pip install --upgrade torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu128
--->replace cu128 by your cuda version (if you don't know your cuda version just open a new cmd window and type nvcc --version it will then tell you at the end Cuda compilation tools, release 12.8, V12.8.93 or something different like 12.6, in that case just use cu126 instead of cu128)
IF YOU ARE USING RUNPOD:
Create an account if you haven't already: Runpod
Click on Pod (on the left side) then click deploy
Choose a GPU with at least 24gb of VRAM (4090 is best), click here for the comfyui template (aitrepreneur/comfyui), then edit the template and choose 80gb for both the container and volume disk, then deploy on demand
Go to my pods, wait for everything to finish and then click "connect", then "Connect to HTTP SERVICE port 3000" and click on the manager to update comfyui and restart it
Then go to the port 8888, go inside the comfyui folder and then drag and drop the Z-IMAGE_BASE_ULTRA-AUTO_INSTALL-RUNPOD-V2.sh file on the left side of the UI then click on the "Terminal" icon on the right side on the UI
Copy and paste these two lines then press enter:
chmod +x Z-IMAGE_BASE_ULTRA-AUTO_INSTALL-RUNPOD-V2.sh
./Z-IMAGE_BASE_ULTRA-AUTO_INSTALL-RUNPOD-V2.sh
Wait for everything to be installed
Go back to the port 3000 and click on the manager and restart it
Load the Z-IMAGE_BASE_ULTRA_WORKFLOW-V2.json file and there you go😎
Also use the command:
tail -f comfyui.log
inside the workspace/logs to get the real time logs so that you always know when the install is done. It will then ask you to restart, so click on that restart button, wait for the webui to reboot, click refresh once it's done and there you go.
As always, supporting me on Patreon allows me to keep creating helpful resources like this for the community. Thank you for your support - now go have some fun😉!