SOURCE-REVIEWED MODEL PROFILE
Wan 2.1 / small video
A compact text-to-video model for short creative scenes and effects experiments.
Metadata reviewed 2026-10-24 · Original creator: Wan-AI
What it does
- Local video-generation workflow
- Dedicated video runtime required
Local fit
Consumer GPU candidate; publisher lists 8.19 GB VRAM. The publisher recommends 480p and reports 8.19 GB VRAM. Their timing is on an RTX 4090; no RTX 3060 timing has been measured here. Text-to-video alone does not establish a personal avatar identity or lip sync.
Video frames and audio samples are not a text context window.
Evidence and limits
Source reviewed only. No local rendering or avatar quality test performed.
External video runtime; not installed or wired to Chat generation
License and source
Review exact checkpoint, dependencies and input-media rights. No weights or runtime are bundled.
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Reviewed source revision: 37ec512624d61f7aa208f7ea8140a131f93afc9a