ComfyUI Node Optimization: Sparse Attention Boosts Speed by 5-20%
Zironic · reddit · 2026-08-23
A developer released custom Sparse Comfy Kitchen backend nodes for ComfyUI, replacing the default Sparge Attention backend. Key improvements include:
- No need to worry about Sparge installation; required kernels are built-in.
- 5-20% speed increase for the attention part of compute.
- 500MB less VRAM usage.
- Slightly lower quantization error.
Caveats:
- Tested only against comfy prunedint8convrot weights.
- Requires ComfyUI v0.33.0 or later.
- Sparse attention is not free speed; it effectively trades off prompt adherence/quality budget. The impact of density settings on quality depends on the diffusion schedule stage (early steps affect action/adherence, later steps affect motion detail).
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