Tech riderRev. 20 Sept 2026
SeedVR2
- 1Runs onLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
- 2CostsNot stated by the maker
- 3Enhancement modesSeedVR2-3B; SeedVR2-7B
2 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: github.com

Overview
SeedVR2 is ranked #16 of 33 in AI video upscalers on Specifiction. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Windows.
Compared on AI video upscalers
- Enhancement modes
- SeedVR2-3B; SeedVR2-7Bgithub.com
Facts
- Purpose
- SeedVR2 is a one-step diffusion-transformer model for video restoration at arbitrary resolutions.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Inference
- The project describes restoring video in a single step without an additional diffusion prior.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Research method
- The paper describes adaptive window attention and adversarial post-training for high-resolution video restoration.iceclear.github.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Image and video upscaling
- The official ComfyUI release supports upscaling both videos and images.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- ComfyUI integration
- The release provides four ComfyUI nodes for controlling the upscaling pipeline.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Standalone use
- The release also provides a standalone command-line interface, including multi-GPU and batch processing workflows.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Supported formats
- The upscaler supports RGB and RGBA video and image inputs.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Model options
- The release documents 3B and 7B model variants, with FP16, FP8, and quantized GGUF options.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Performance controls
- The release documents model offloading, VAE tiling, and BlockSwap to manage memory use during inference.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Platform support
- Standalone installation instructions cover Windows, macOS, and Linux; Apple Silicon MPS support is also documented.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- A release note says model loading was restricted to tensor-only deserialization to prevent code execution from malicious .pth files.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- License
- The SeedVR2 project states that it is licensed under Apache 2.0.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project README invites questions by email at [email protected].github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Research affiliation
- The paper lists the authors’ affiliations as S-Lab at Nanyang Technological University and ByteDance Seed.iceclear.github.io · 4 Oct 2026
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Sources
- github.com/IceClear/SeedVR2· checked 4 Oct 2026
- iceclear.github.io/projects/seedvr2/· checked 4 Oct 2026
- github.com/numz/ComfyUI-SeedVR2_VideoUpscaler· checked 4 Oct 2026


