RTX 4090 Freezes in ComfyUI: New CK Attention Suspected of VRAM Spikes

Foreign_Fee_6036 · reddit · 2026-08-13

A developer using an RTX 4090 (with 128GB RAM) reported a severe VRAM leak issue when enabling the new CK attention in the latest version of ComfyUI while running the Minimax H3 I2V workflow.

Specifically, while the first generation is indeed faster than without CK attention, VRAM usage skyrockets from a normal 70-80% to 99% during the second generation, completely freezing the PC until the ComfyUI process is forcibly terminated. The developer confirmed the issue persists across a clean ComfyUI installation, CUDA 13, and the newest PyTorch.

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