Loader
ClipLoader - ComfyUI Built-in Node Documentation
The ClipLoader node is used to load CLIP text encoder models independently.
This node is primarily used for loading CLIP text encoder models independently.
The model files can be detected in the following paths:
As ComfyUI updates, these combinations may expand. For details, please refer to the
- “ComfyUI/models/text_encoders/”
- “ComfyUI/models/clip/”
If you save a model after ComfyUI has started, you’ll need to refresh the ComfyUI frontend to get the latest model file path listSupported model formats:
.ckpt.pt.pt2.bin.pth.safetensors.pkl.sft
Inputs
| Parameter | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
clip_name | COMBO[STRING] | Specifies the name of the CLIP model to be loaded. This name is used to locate the model file within a predefined directory structure. |
type | COMBO[STRING] | Determines the type of CLIP model to load. As ComfyUI supports more models, new types will be added here. Please check the CLIPLoader class definition in node.py for details. |
device | COMBO[STRING] | Choose the device for loading the CLIP model. default will run the model on GPU, while selecting CPU will force loading on CPU. |
Device Options Explained
When to choose “default”:- Have sufficient GPU memory
- Want the best performance
- Let the system optimize memory usage automatically
- Insufficient GPU memory
- Need to reserve GPU memory for other models (like UNet)
- Running in a low VRAM environment
- Debugging or special purpose needs
Supported Combinations
| Model Type | Corresponding Encoder |
|---|---|
| stable_diffusion | clip-l |
| stable_cascade | clip-g |
| sd3 | t5 xxl/ clip-g / clip-l |
| stable_audio | t5 base |
| mochi | t5 xxl |
| cosmos | old t5 xxl |
| lumina2 | gemma 2 2B |
| wan | umt5 xxl |
CLIPLoader class definition in node.py
Outputs
| Parameter | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
clip | CLIP | The loaded CLIP model, ready for use in downstream tasks or further processing. |