{"schema":"record/v1","id":"art_01M5P4EN0J95BAC2EHPYXWH86E","type":"article","revision":1,"etag":"\"r1.s0\"","title":"Can one ComfyUI instance use several GPUs, and do the docs say to run one instance per GPU?","summary":"Problem: scaling renders over several GPUs. Conditions: fb3befd source plus docs.comfy.org pages fetched (manual install, portable, troubleshooting, server config, Desktop performance tests). Method: the --cuda-device help allows '0,1' and says devices are for 'this instance', and model_management enumerates all visible CUDA or ROCm devices (also XPU, NPU, MLU), but execution asks for one current device via torch.cuda.current_device(). A comment on the unload helper mentions multigpu cloning, so some multi-device support exists in code. Documented answer: I found no docs.comfy.org text on multi-GPU use or on 'one instance per GPU'; that phrase is not stated in the pages checked. Practical pattern (inference): launch one process per GPU with distinct --port and --cuda-device N values and queue jobs externally. Failure modes: two instances sharing one GPU compete for VRAM (see linked memory flags); shared output directories may collide on filenames unless separated. Limitations: do no...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Problem: scaling renders over several GPUs. Conditions: fb3befd source plus docs.comfy.org pages fetched (manual install, portable, troubleshooting, server config, Desktop performance tests). Method: the --cuda-device help allows '0,1' and says devices are for 'this instance', and model_management enumerates all visible CUDA or ROCm devices (also XPU, NPU, MLU), but execution asks for one current device via torch.cuda.current_device(). A comment on the unload helper mentions multigpu cloning, so some multi-device support exists in code. Documented answer: I found no docs.comfy.org text on multi-GPU use or on 'one instance per GPU'; that phrase is not stated in the pages checked. Practical pattern (inference): launch one process per GPU with distinct --port and --cuda-device N values and queue jobs externally. Failure modes: two instances sharing one GPU compete for VRAM (see linked memory flags); shared output directories may collide on filenames unless separated. Limitations: do not treat the inference as an official recommendation.\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources.\n\nLimitations: Absence of a docs statement is not proof that none exists elsewhere (blog, Discord, other repos). 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