# Red Protocol: Foundation Edition - 16GB VRAM Optimizer

This is a functional, standard workflow designed to run FLUX.2 with Mistral-3 Small as the text encoder on a 16GB VRAM environment.

[Required Models] To avoid OOM (Out of Memory) errors and ensure this workflow runs correctly, you MUST download the exact model versions linked below and place them in your ComfyUI folders.

1. Checkpoint / UNET Model (FLUX.2 32B GGUF Q4)

• Download: https://huggingface.co/city96/FLUX.2-dev-gguf/blob/main/flux2-dev-Q4_K_M.gguf

• Path: ComfyUI/models/unet/

2. Text Encoder (Mistral-3 FP8)

• Download: https://huggingface.co/Comfy-Org/flux2-dev/blob/main/split_files/text_encoders/mistral_3_small_flux2_fp8.safetensors

• Path: ComfyUI/models/clip/ (or text_encoders/ depending on your node setup)

3. VAE (Autoencoder for FLUX)

• Download: https://huggingface.co/Comfy-Org/flux2-dev/blob/main/split_files/vae/flux2-vae.safetensors

• Path: ComfyUI/models/vae/

4. Upscaler (NMKD Superscale)

• Download: https://huggingface.co/gemasai/4x_NMKD-Superscale-SP_178000_G/blob/main/4x_NMKD-Superscale-SP_178000_G.pth

• Path: ComfyUI/models/upscale_models/

[Setup Instructions]

1. Install necessary Custom Nodes via ComfyUI Manager (e.g., GGUF support nodes).

2. Load the JSON file into your ComfyUI window.

3. Ensure the models loaded in the nodes match the ones you just downloaded.

4. Hit "Queue Prompt".

⚠️ Important Note (VRAM Allocation & Stability): This is a standard, unoptimized version of the workflow. While it can occasionally achieve fast generation times if your system happens to manage VRAM allocation perfectly, its reliability is highly inconsistent. Due to the massive 32B model and heavy VRAM swapping, you may experience severe slowdowns or unpredictable generation times depending on your memory state. It is essentially a gamble.

========================================= 🚀 ELIMINATE THE GAMBLE: RED PROTOCOL V2.0

Tired of leaving your generation speed up to chance? Want to push your 16GB GPU to its absolute limit with guaranteed stability?

The RED PROTOCOL V2.0 is my fully optimized, premium workflow engineered to eliminate the "VRAM allocation roulette." It is specifically designed to achieve extreme stability and simultaneous 1K/4K generation in approximately 130-150 seconds, consistently.

Get the complete setup guide, optimized JSON, and my fail-proof prompt structures here:

🎥 SEE THE PROOF:

Upgrade to the World Record Speed & Quality here:

https://underplay.gumroad.com/l/flux2-16gb-limit-break/EARLY20