Running MiniMax H3 on Dual RTX 5060 Ti: VRAM Splitting and Unloading Strategies
Kahvana · reddit · 2026-08-06
A user detailed the hardware allocation challenges of running the MiniMax H3 video model locally on a dual RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) setup with 96GB RAM.
Given that the model weights (12.5GB), VAE (6GB), and text encoder (15.7GB) exceed total VRAM alongside context limits, the user explores whether they can dynamically unload the Qwen3-VL encoder after text processing to free up memory for the VAE. The discussion seeks practical memory management workflows for running massive models on consumer hardware.
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